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Show Farm Conservation Report conservation Team . . . Farmer and ACP The Agricultural Conservation program has been provided for the use of farmers of Duchesne county in meeting their conservation conser-vation problems, says Douglas Bertoch, chairman, of the county coun-ty PMA committee. It is available avail-able to all farmers and cooperation cooper-ation in it is voluntary. Because the conservation of soil is so vital to the welfare of all the people of the nation, he explains, ACP has been provided pro-vided as a practical way of getting get-ting needed conservation practices prac-tices carried out, In the first place, the program brings to the attention of farmers the conservation con-servation practices which have been approved for each particular particu-lar conservation problem. Then, through the program, the individual indi-vidual farmer can obtain assistance assis-tance in carrying out these practices. prac-tices. This assistance, says the chairman, chair-man, is in the form of materials, mater-ials, services and financial aid. The amount of assistance varies with the urgency of getting particular par-ticular practices established. But the amount in materials, services ser-vices or conservation payment averages about half the out-of-pocket cost of the practice. In a very real and practical way, the farmer who uses ACP to help him is cooperating with the rest of the . people in the country in promoting the general gener-al welfare and strengthening the national security. When he carries out the ACP conservation conserva-tion practices on his farm, he is giving assurance to this and future gnerations that his farm is being protected from wind and water erosion and that the soil is being built up for continued con-tinued abundant production. Chairman Bertoch said that funds allocated to the county for conservation are intended as a means of assisting farmers in carrying out conservation practices prac-tices which are most urgently needed. It has been the policy of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture and those who administer admin-ister this USDA conservation program to use the funds appropriated ap-propriated by Congress for ACP to assist farmers in carrying out conservation practices which are urgently needed and which would not be carried out without with-out the assistance provided under un-der the program. It was not intended in-tended for routing practices which the farmer would carry out without assistance. Large Number of Cattle, Fewer Lambs, on Feed Cattle fed this year may even exceed last year's record number, num-ber, according to a Department of Agriculture report. Movement Move-ment of feeder cattle into the Corn Belt since July 1 has been the largest since 1939 when records started. Feed grain supplies are abundant, abun-dant, with the second biggest corn crop and a record carryover carry-over from last year. Dry weather weath-er and below-average feed conditions con-ditions has caused a heavy movement of feeded cattle from some sections of Northern Plains states. Added to that is a modest mod-est shift to lighter weight cattle and a continued fairly strong demand for beef. While October and November are normally months of heavy feeder cattle movement into the feeding areas, the early runs of cattle into feedlots up to now have already drained off many feeder animals that normally move during the next 2 months. Slaughter of steers and heifers has been larger than last year and exceptionally large in rela- tion to inventories, which has tended to further reduce the total supply of feeder animals. Feeder cattle prices have been steady during the last 2V2 months, but the seasonal drop in feeded cattle prices from the high point last spring has been greater than a year ago. The department also reports that the number of sheep and lambs to be fed for the coming winter and spring market is expected ex-pected to be smaller than last year. Reduced numbers of available avail-able feeder lambs is the major cause. Feed supplies, except in a few states, are ample and the wheat pasture areas of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas have made favorable progress. The 1949 lamb crop, from which the feeder feed-er lambs are secured, was the smallest on record, starting with 1924. Demand for feeder lambs strengthened with the approach of the winter feeding season. |