Millard County Progress Annual Farm Supplement, Friday, April 20, 1979 Page 2 UTAH RANGELAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Kenneth Creer, Commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture, reported that $650,000 was appropriated in the State Legislature this year for the Range-lan- d Development Fund. This additional funding gives the range-lan- d development program a total of $1.9 million to help improve Utahs vast rangeland resource. Improvement of this resource not only provides additional forage for increased livestock production, it improves wildlife habitat, recreational areas and watersheds. Better watershed conditions reduce erosion, which increases water holding capacity and improves water quality. Rangeland Development Administrator, Allen Henrie, notes that this fund is the only one of its kind and has had a significant impact on Utah's range. At present $1.25 million has been loaned to farmers for improvement of over 72,500 acres by clearing undesirable brush and trees for reseeding and hardy range grasses. Many thousands of additional acres have d been improved by water development and proper fencing. The Rangeland Development Fund is a revolving fund which the borrower has up to 15 years to pay back. This money can be used for brush and tree removal, rewater development, seeding, i.e. stock ponds, pipelines, wells, or spring development, as well as fencing. It can be used for approved rangeland projects on private or state lands. Application is made through one of the 40 Soil Conservation. Dis- - tricts (SCD) located throughout the state or at the local Soil Conservation Service (SCS). Range specialists from the SCS and Division of Wildlife Resources work closely with each borrower to help develop a range improvement plan that is environmentally and economically sound. The local SCD then reviews the plan and sends it to the State Soil Commission for approval. State law requires that the loan be secured with real estate. Only in a few cases has a loan not been made because of security prob lems. Mr. Henrie states that this program has increased livestock production three to ten time in He encourages treated areas. anyone interested in rangeland improvement to contact their local Soil Conservation District, Soil Conservation Service, or the Utah State Department of Agriculture. For further information, contact: Randy Parker, Supervisor Information and Research Utah Department of Agriculture 147 North 200 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 533-542- FILLMORE OFFICE SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT TYPEWRITERS, ADDING MACHINES, CALCULATORS REPAIRED WE SELL FURNITURE, TYPEWRITERS, & OTHER BUSINESS MACHINES RIBBONS, PAPER, ETC. MONTGOMERY WARD - AGENT Ph. 743-515- 7 Located next to Beulahs 1 much-neede- PESTICIDE BAN DUE TO HIKE SAVE NOl"J AT U P PI HT4- m roo Afewo AUT J TAXPAYERS BURDEN Taxpayers are going to pay the price for a change of mind by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its recent ban on most uses of the weed and brush killer 2.4.5-T- , according to Frank Nishi-guch- i. president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. Increases in the cost of maintaining highway rights of way alone w ill add $35 million to the tax burden. Nishiguchi said in commenting on the turnabout by the EPA. That federal agency decided, in early March, that miscarriages among women in Oregon were in spraytied to the use of 2,4. ing forests after earlier declaring the pesticide relatively safe. Pressure by an environmental group caused the change of mind. Nishiincome guchi charged. One-yea- r losses to forestry will total about $23 million due to the ban. The American Farm Bureau and nine other plaintiffs have filed for an injunction to stop the ban. At an informal hearing in a U.S. district court in Flint, Michigan. the complaint against the ban said it was arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion" and that the EPA study was "seriously flawed. 4x4. All New! Bronco Total toughness with Big-cu5.8 L (351) be Ford Free Wheeling Flareside comfort. standard. family-siz- e V-- 8 Add some excitement with the pinstripe shorty 'Flareside. Distinctive pinstriping, blackout grille and black bumpers. 5-- T The temperature on your home freezer should be kept at 0F or below. Ford Free Wheeling Styleside looks-lo- ok to Fords Free rainbow Wheeling stripe Stylesides. For fantastic good Ford Free Wheeling Courier Tough new way to go Truckin' in style. Get our great Free Wheeling Deals, too! 70 North Main, Fillmore 75ANMVWSAflY