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Show Soil of Conservation ConservationProgram ConservationProgram ConservationjProgram Program isI isBy is Explained ExplainedBy I ( By J .1 1 . . . F . . Pirnsh r.n.h rn.h rnh Parrish . . . , County Counly Agenll Agent AgentThe ) The fundamentals of the ne\\ ne new newagticultutal neaglicultmal newagiicultuial \ aglicultmal agticultutal COl1Sel conseivatlon conseivation vation plogram program plogramare programare piogramare are comparatively comparathely simple : First F:1rst F1rst . , it itis itis ItIs is recognized that surpluses l aie aiebeing aiebeing e ebeIng beIng produced and that curpluses surpluses curplusesoccur surplusesoccur ; surplusesoccur occur in the soil-depleting soil depleting soil-depletmg depletmg - crops cropsThat cropsThat cropsThat That the suiplus sUlplus surplus produced eachycar eachyear each eachyear year ycar , . on the average , , . is about 15 15per 15per 15per per cent of the total productionThe productionThe production productionThe The program , . then , . simply shnply re- re reQuests re requests requests - - quests the thc farmers of tlie the UnIted UnItedSfates UnitedStates UnitedStates Sfates States to chinge ch'mgc chmgc change ' approximately 15 15per 15per per cent of the soil-depleting soil depleting - crops cropseach ' each i : eir e'1r e1r ear ' to soil-building soil building soil-btulding btulding - crops and andfor andfor andfor for such change Eome some ? ome federal rc- rc re- re rcmuneratJOn remuneration re remuneration - muneratJOnIIl muneration muneratJOn \ will \\IIl IIl \ be given , in m addi addl- addl add- add addlI addi addlbon addt addition ! - I i t tion bon = on to the benefits benefit < ; derh derived derhed cd frem frcm frembulIdIng frcmbuilding frcmbuilding bulIdIng building the farmThis farm fann farmThis fremI I , . This is not a * mone-hand-out mone hand out monehandoutprogram nione mone nionehandoutpiogram : .hmd-out .hmdout .hmd hmd out -hand-outpiogram hand outpiogram - . .hmdoutplogram : - plogram program Plyment P1.yment P1yment Payment . is made to the thefarmer thefarmer thefarmer farmer \ when \ hcn the ' firmel 'lrmel lrmel farmei makes aneffort aneffort an annort effort nort to benefit himself and his hLe ; ( farm ann farmAll annAU All AU crops hive h\\e h e hate ' \ \ been divided di\1ded di 1ded \ intothree into intothree Intothree three classes { ) Soil-depleting Soil depleting 8U-depletlng 8U depletlng - , . &en- &en en svil- svil &enbuIldmg svilbuilding & &cil-buildmg &cil cil buildmg & - buIldmg building or conserving ccnscfvmg , and neutl neutral neutralcrops neutialcrops at atcrops crops such as the grams grains SOll- SOll Soil- Soil SOllbUIlding Soilbuilding Soil-building Soil building - bUIlding crops include mclude those thoec ; peren peren- perennIal perennial perennial - - nial , . biennial or annual legumes legumesgreen legumesgreen legumesgreen green covel co\el co el covet \ ciops ClOps and pcrenn1al perennial pcrenn1algrasses perennialgrasses perennialgrasses perennialgrassesThe grasses grassesThe The program progra'n progran ' calls foi fOl a rotationsystem lotation rotation lotationSsten lotatlonsvstem S\ste-n S ste n system \ . - of farming farmmg so that part of ofthe ofthe oftlie the soil-depleting soil depleting sml-depletmg sml depletmg - crops will be re- re reduced reduced re reduced - duced in favoi fa\o fa o faros ' \ : of soli-building soli building soH.building soHbuilding soil-building soil - . crops cropseach cropseach cropseach each year Yen Ycu You may change changt ' More Morethan morethan norethan than 15 per cent of the sOil-deplet- sOil deplet sOildepletIng soildepletlug - - - Ing lug arces ames to soil-building soil building solI-building solI - crops , . but butyou butyou you will not be paid for more than than15 15 per cent on the bls basis bi b\ b ' \ ' > " is ls o of ot ; , the thl ' con- con conver conversion con conversion - ver version : > lon of Class 1 payment In sd- sd ad- ad sddll10n addition ad addition - dition dll10n to this there is a seeding seedingpayment seedingpayment seedingpayment payment Foi FOl Fos certain changes changeswhich changeswhich which \ hlch you might mhht ; mkc nuke mf ? ' kl ' } you ou are areeligible areeligible areeligible eligible for both pa paymentsPayments payments paymentsPayments ments I IPayments Payments \ will \ III be made for thediversion the thediversion thediversion diversion of acreage from soil-de soil de soB-de- soB soil-de- soildepleting soBdepleting soildepleting - - pleting crops to soil-buildmg soil buildmg soH-bUlldmg soH bUlldmg soil-building building - crops cropsand cropsand cropsand and refeired refelred referred to as Class 1 rpavments payments rpavmentsand paymentsand ( paymentsand and for changes from soU-depletmg soU depletmg soil-depleting soil depleting soil-depletingto soil depletingto soUdepletmgto soildepletingto - to soil-building soil building soll-buIldmg soll buIldmg - practices } you OU OU111 vv111receive \\111 111 vv111 \ willreceive \ 111receive receive Class 2 paymentAlfalfa payment paymentAlfalfa I IAlfalfa Alfalfa is among tlie the crops which whichreceive whichreceive whichreceive receive a high hlgh rating as a , a soil- soil soilbuildmg soilbuilding soil-building soil building - buildmg building crop crops cropsThis . , , , This ThlS featuie feature featUl e of the thepi theprogress thepi pi progress ogress is 1S highly important in this thisstate thisstate fhisstate state and county count } ' becauseapproxl because approxi -approxl- approxl approxi- approxlI approxlmately approximately - approximately - I mately half of the irrigated lrngated land in inGrand inGrand InGrand Grand county is alieady aheadY already In alfalfa alfalfaAs alfalfaAs alfalfaAs As the piogra piogram plOgram = n is Interpreted today to- to today to today - day , . if you change your soil-de soil de soil-de- soildepIetmg soildepleting soildepleting - - - pleting pIetmg acres to tu to " the production of ofalfalfa ofalfalfa ofalfalfa alfalfa , . and the alfalfa is planted plantedIthout plantedwithout plantedwithout \\Ithout Ithout without ' \ a nurse ciop ClOp crop h'u hu hirvest harvest ' est , , . } vcuMill , CU CUv cuwill v . will ill ba be b2 lelgible to reeel recers receive ' e a the con- con converSIOn conversion con conversion - version payment pavment of $10 10 $ or more per peracre peracre er acre and alsaa also alsa- alsa - a seeding seedmg plyment p\j'ment p j'ment jment payment ' \ ' of ofJ ofJ50 $350 350 $ J 50 per : acre lcre If , . ho\\ ho hoe hovvevei however \ e\ e eel \ el . , the al- al al'lIra alfalfa al-filfa al filfa - 'lIra lIra falfa ! ' is lS planted with withi -i i "L L a " - nuise nUlse cropof crop cropof cropof of grain gram for liarvest 113.rvest 113rvest harvest . in m the sprmg spring sprmgor springof springof or of 1936 , . y sou OU \ will vuil \ III receive reCClve the con- con conservmg conserving con conserving - serving servmg 01 of seeding seedmg pa pav : ment of $3 3 $ 50 50but 50but 50but but under the present pre'5ent pre5ent ' 1 lulmg ulmg iulmg you youVvlll youwill youwill Vvlll will not receive recelve the conversion comerSlcn conversicn or orClass orClass orClass Class 1 , . Ipa pavment payment . } mel1t if you . } vou ou harvest the thenurse thenurse thenurse nurse ciop ClOp However , if you vou ou pasture pasturethe pasturethe pasturethe the nur nurse < ; e crop and do not harvest hanest it ) you 'Ou Ou ' ma may ' receive the conversionpayment conversIon conversIonpa conversionpayment pa payment 'J11ent J11ent ' . . { Utah ftah . his h\5 h 5 has " \ absut about 480 480000 000 acres acrcs of ofland ofland ofland land devoted to raising dry-farm dry farm dryfarmwheat dryfarmwheat dry-farmwheat dry farmwheat - wheat , . on lind hnd I'tnd Itnd ' that , . In most cases casesi , . i , Impossible to Irrigate On ac- ac accou1t account ac account - count cou1\t cou1 t \ of or the low rainfall wheat can canbe canbe canbe be produced only on alternate years yearsand , , . and the land Is put In fallow during duringthe duringthe duringthe the vear year ) car it is not cropped It is noVv now nowdefinitely noVvdefinitely nowdefinitely definitely decided that summer summcr fal- fal falICi fallcss fal fallen - - len ICi\ ICi lcss ICiIS \ is interpreted intupreted as a soil-deplet soil deplet soll-deplet- soll soil-depict- depict soildepleting solldepletmg soildepicting - - ing mg practice and plyment p\yment p yment payment ' \ will w11l be bemade bemade bemade made fo foi recognized soilbuildingplartces sollbuildingPt soll-bullding soll bullding soil-building soil building soll-building sollbulldingpiartlces - Pt piartlces plartces actices ! piartlcesWhere plartcesWhere acticesWhere Where land has a high I11gh gradientand gradIent gradIentand gradientand and is subject to erosion and gully- gully gullying gully gull gullying - ing . , terracing and gully control111 control \\111 111 will willbe ' \ willbe 111be perI be paid pald for at the rate of $5 5 $ per peracre peracre peracre I acre when effectt cuccted effected > d on : ciop :10P 10P land m in m'lccordmce inaccordance iniccordance 'lccordmce lccordmce accordance ' : \ with ith spccificilions spccifiC'lUons spccifiClUons specifications ' as aslecommended asrecommended aslecommended lecommended recommended by tlie the state commit commIt- commIttee committee committee - tee and approved by the dircctoi dlrectOl director of ofthe ofthe ofthe the western wEstcm : division A prctected prctectcd prctectcdsummer protectedsummer ummer summer fallow in the form form of a acontour acontour acontour contour listing to prevent prevept preveptater waterrunoff \\ater ater water ' \ waterrun-ofl waterrun ofl aterrunorr run-orr run orr run-off off - will vvril be paid foi fOl for unoLi unal.l unall unaci . the thesame thesame thesame same Jundiction jundictlOn juridiction j at t the rate of 'S1 S1 U ' pei pel pet acreApproved acreApproved acre acreApproved Approved methods methcds of fallow fal'owwhich falowwhich ' , , . which Include plowing plowmg the organicj organicI organic organicmatter organicmatter I matter when the soil is moist moht , and andt andmuch andsuch t much { uch practice should be adopted by byI byevery byevery byevery every drv-farrnei drv farrnei dlj-farmel dlj farmel dry-farmer dry farmer - , . will wIil be paid for at atthe atthe atthe I the rate of 50 cents per acre If IfIou Ifton 'tou tou Iou ' nth\ nth ffrnv nthnOA niA\ niA niAnoK \ noK nOA flora 3qqnis tqqn1s ofggnls [ moA moc u.mq umq utmq . . noc nocseceise no notleceive lecene seceise your } your our payment 1h1Yment However Ho\\ever Ho ever \ \ , , . pay pay- payr payml.nts paymints payments - ' ments ml.nts mlnts mints . will apply to only 15 percent pel per pelcent pelcent r cent of the area for com conversion erSlOn and andthe andthe andthe the same limitations llmitations will wUl svi11 apply to toI tothe tothe I the seeding sced1l1g undei undel under MilbUlldmgi MilbUlldmgpractlces soilbuildingpractices soil-building soil building Mil-bUlldmg Mil bUlldmg soilbuildingpractices - i practices practlces practicesIt practlcesIt It is 1.9 19 . recognized that weeds wecds are arebecomIng arebecoming arebecoming becomIng a terrible menace onmuch on onmuch onmuch much of the land in m the state To Tohelp Tohelp Tohelp help us to combat this weed men men- menace menace - ace , . payments wll wil wu be made foi fOl ap- ap approved approved ap approved - - proved methods of eradication b by bychemicals bvchemicals chemicals chemicalsand - and -and b by bv periodic cultiva cultiva- cultivahens cultivatrcns cultivations - tions hens trcns When both of o [ these methods methods'lre methodsare methodsire 'lre lre are ' used it is rf rpccgnized CCgnized recognized > as a soil- soil soilbuilding soil-building soil building oll- oll ollbmlding - bmlding building ! practice practlce If YOU ou use the thepeuodlc theperiodic thepenodic peuodlc periodic cultivation method only only$5 only5 $5 5 $ per acre . . might be paid you fOl foi fOlsuch foisuch ' such practice It is recommended recommendedthat recommendedthat recommendedthat that this thlS piogram plOgram program in 111 ill the case of ofperennial ofperennial ofperennial perennial noxious noious " , weeds extend extendovel extendover extendovei ovel over a period perIcd of two t\\O t O \ yealsIf yearsIf yeais yeals years yeaisIf If green manuie manUle manure crops , . planted m in morchards inorchards inorchards orchards or vineyards , are plov plowed plowedunder plowedunder . ed edunder under , this is 15 recognized as a sol1- sol1 soil- soil sol1'bUlldmg soilbutldmg soil-buildmg soil buildmg - 'bUlldmg bUlldmg butldmg ' practice pr2.ctlce pr2ctlce . and cairies cauies carries a payment pay- pay payment pay payment - ment cf d as much as $2 2 $ per aCleYou acneYou acie aCle acne acieYou You will bt be . . able to get full detaIls detaIlsof detailsof detailsof of the program fiom lom from the Qlgamza- Qlgamza organiza- organiza Qlgamzation organization oiganiza-tion oiganiza tion - tion in the county You can obtam obtain obtamfrom obtainfrom obtainfrom from the county agent's agents agent.s ' . office the thenecessary thenecessary thenecessary necessary papers on which whlCh to make makeyour makeyour makeyour your declaiation declalatlOn declasation of comphance compliance comphancellch compliancewluch compliancewhich \\llch llch wluch \ } will lead later to a compli complI- complIance compliance compliance - ance suivey survey SUl \ ey to determine determme then thenamount the theamounCof theamount amounCof amount * ot of : SGUI jCUl cut paymentThere paymentThere payment paymentThere There is no hardship in the pro- pro program program pro program - gram , , in m fact there is nothmQ nothing nothmQcalled nothingcalled nothingcalled called for other than a practIce practIcewhich practicewhich practicewhich which v . would ould be recognized uudel under underthe uudelthe undeithe the best methods cf agrICultUl agriculture agncultuieand e , and the fedeial fedelal federal government is put- put puttmg puttmg put putting - ting tmg money into mto the piogram plOgram program to tostlmulate tostimulate tostimulate stlmulate stimulate the bettel better piactices plactices practices . , It Itshould Itshould Itshould should be remembered that if j you youreceive voureceive ou ourecele recel\e recel e receive \ benefits from this iproglam progiam iproglamyou progiamyou progiamyou you must pav pay pa the full price pnce and do doall doall dojUl all thqt that h the piogram plOgram program requires |