Show conservation notes W ny by W earl lalit lait week I 1 brought ant out how coober ator loram lorain pollock over on tho the parla paria was reaping benefits front rom his district conservation program week well ret got it a atio I closer to home and bring out liaw how cooperator coop orator clair ford hero ill fit kano kane county soil conservation district la Is diac matting fang conservation practices pay divid enids clair WAS ono one of oe the to sign tip upa with the local katie county soil conservation district back in ili 1913 1943 and what I 1 mean clalra clairs one of the most conservation minded farmers in the valley I 1 there quite a few conservation practices ew written up tip in clalra clairs plan of operations ay iy y the tha soll technicians helping file local district ahil which 11 ho felt wua were really nee needed t i fyme fy MV k rilly Y 1 it tand an 0 but alfe the vae which clairs most mosi enthused about right now la Is the small overnight storage reservoir roser voU on his farm last baat apar afa b by katie kane county soil Pi strict it seems as 08 though clair gets ills hla water an hour each week from the ditch abon the water Is stirred sti ored in tills this reservoir clair to Is able to take hla his time applying ll it and can do a much more efficient job than he did before clair also that before lie he made this improvement ho he valued ilia his land at about 50 60 an air acre acra but now he wouldn take an acre top for it it cost coat clair 48 for use of the district equizi mont and 40 corthe rl the hemd gate J nil all tile the ink and was I 1 unil urnis shed lied without cost by local conner service technicians ans assigned to help the iho tanners farmers in ili katie kane county soil conservation district heros cleres what glair clair says about this practice these e are his own words my afy experience in irrigating land in kanab where tile grade Is steep und the soil sell loose has been that when I 1 trieko to water the flold field I 1 could riot not got get tile the water tio tic stay on an tile the land neither nelt could I 1 water any amount of land tor for th the e reason mhd velocity of at the alio water would carry the water courses and wash gullies through at a diagonal direction through the methods taught by tile the US ITS soil conservation techi tech i assisting tile the kano county soil district I 1 hava Install ol a small reservoir mid and now I 1 can water four timea as much land with the same shares of 0 water I 1 inn ani ohle able to keep keel tile the water in ill the furrows tur rowa and have no water leave tins land na as waste concluded mr ford 1 |