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Show JROM FRDM FROM THE COUNTY COUNT COUNTYAfiR \ I IAGR AfiR AGR AGR'L AGRL ' LAGENT L AGENT AGENTJames AGENTI I James R Barkci Barkel Barker , state engineer engineerof , ! of the AAA , v . will ill be in Grand and andI andSan and'San andSan ' I San Juan counties on September 2t 2and 2and 2 t .and and . and 3 to meet mcct with the countyagent county countyagent I ! Iagent agent , county committeemen Committecmen ! andmapping and andmapping andmapping mapping supcivlsois supcnisols supei.lsois supeilsois ' . on compliancework complIance compliancework .ork ork work " . foi fOl for the 1937 agricultural con- con conservatIon conservation con conservation - servation program Meetings will be beheld beheld beheld held throughout the two days toacquaint to toacqumnt toacquaint acqumnt acquaint the men with the com com- compliance compliance compliance - pliance phase of the program and andto andto andto to instruct them on the propel proper till- till tilling fill filling . - . ing out of compliance formsThe formsThe forms formsThe The Bureau of Agricultural AgriculturalEconomics AgriculturalEconomics AgriculturalEconomics Economics has estimated that nine nineb1l1ion ninebillion ninebillion b1l1ion billion dollars v . will 1111 111 be receh received recessed ed by byfarmers byfarmers byfarmers farmers from marketings of farmproducts farm farmproducts farmproducts products and from goveinment govemment government pay pay- pay- pay payments payments payments - ments in m the calendar year sear ear 1937 1937This 1937This 1937This This year's years ' ' estimate of farmers farmers'total farmerstotal ' total cash income compares with with$7,865,000000 with7865000000 $7,865,000000 7865000000 $7,865,000 7865000 $ , , , 000 for the 1936 calendaryear calendar calendaryear calendaryear year and is the highest for anyyear any anyyear anyyear year since 1929 when income tram from fromfarm tramfarm fromfarm farm marketings totalled $10 10 $10479-000,000 $10479 10479 000,000 000000 $ 479- 479 479000,000 , - 000,000 000000 , , The bureau's bureaus ' preliminary preliminaryestimate preliminaryestimate preliminaryestimate estimate made annually at thisperiod this thisperiod thisperiod period of the year is based upon uponcash uponcash uponcash cash income from tarm farm arm marketingsand marketings marketingsand marketingsand ! and from government govermnent paymentsduring payments paymentsduring paymentsduring during the first half of or the year and andon andon andon I on indications as to probable sales salesand salesand salesI i and prices of farm products , as wellas well wellas wellas as the prospective volume of ofgovernment ofgovernment ofgovernment government payments to farmers farmersduring farmersduring farmersduring during the last half of the calendaryear calendar calendaryear calendaryear year . Adapted Seed is Needed for The The1938 1938 Program . The seed crop harvested this year yearmust yearmust yearmust must be depended upon to a great great- greater greater . - er extent than would ordinarily be bethe bethe bethe the case in providing grass and andlegume andlegume andlegume legume seed needed for the 1938 1938program 1938program 1938program program , says LeRoy C Funk , , Utahexecutive Utah UtahexecutIve Utahexecutive executIve secretary of the agricul agrIcul- agrIcultural agricultural agricultural - tural adjustment admmistration administration administrationbecause , , because of the small carry-over carry over carry-o\er o er carry-oser oser - \ andthe and andthe andthe the fact that the agricultural con- con conservatIon conservation con conservation - servation program has greatly in- in increased in increased - creased the demand for seed of oflegumes o olegumes oflegumes f legumes , , grasses , , and green-manure green manure green-manur manur greenmanurecrops greenmanurcrops green-manurecrops green manurecrops greenmanurecropsSmveys - e crops cropsSUl ef cropsSurveys SUl Smveys Surveys veys made of the seed situa sItua- sItuation situa- situa situation situation - - : tion show that demand for seed o osoilconserving of ofsOlIconservmg ofsoil-conserving ofsoil conserving f sOlI-conservmg sOlI conservmg soil-conserving soil conserving - crops in m 1937 and andthe an anthe andthe d the 1936 drought , , reduced the com- com commercial coinmercial com coin commercial - I comI mercial reserves of seed of domes domes- domesI domestIc domestic domestic - I tic clovei clovel clover . , alfalfa , sweetclover sweetcloverlespedeza , ; lespedeza , soybeans , cowpeas , velvetbeans velvet- velvet velvetI velvet-beans velvet beans - I . beans and of grass seed in general generalto , to much lower levels than normal normal- normally normally normally - ly pres pre prevail ' all ail In greneral geeneral , seed that has hasgrot hasgrown hasgrown gro\t gro t grown \ , n locally for a period of years year yearsis yearis yearsis f is likely to bet be \t t \ , t well ell adapted and If IfplOperly t tproperly ifpioperly plOperly properly harvested hai hal vested , stored , and andcle1.ned an ancleaned andcleined cle1.ned cle1ned cleaned . may be expected epected ' { to giveexcellent giv givexcellent give giveexcellent e excellent results , according accordmg to Mi Vfr ? 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