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Show ARE YOU DRIVING YOUR FARM AWAY? Are you driving your farm away irom home ? The question is raised by Mr. Smith, chairman of the Utah County Agricultural Conservation Con-servation Committee. He points oat that there may be a good .ence around the place but unless die soil is treated right it can jump the fence in a good wind or cral under in a good rain. "The fence may still be there but the farm may be gone. And the part lirst to go is the top-soil, the part a-om which come the crops." And, according to the chairman, good top-soil is getting away from i ost farmers every year. On some farms where the land has Leen overworked and "underfed" it i..ay be getting away rapidly. Some soils erode easier than others. Some farms are on hillsides hill-sides and gravity helps in the movement. The Agricultural Conservation Program is helping farmers with soil and water conservation practices prac-tices which do a lot to keep the farm home, the chairman points out At this time of the year pasture pas-ture improvement is specifically emphasized. He explains that it is not so much how many more cows can be kept on a pasture as it is how much of the pasture can te kept on the farms instead of having it wash or blow away. |