Show Inventories Taken On Utah Acres Acre During the past three and one half sears ears the soil sOlI servIce his taken inventory on approXImately 3 acres of land in Utah Crews of conservation sur sur have not been trying to determine lines Imps Instead they hae ha made detailed map mapo to guide cooperators and government agen agencies cies agencies des in utilizing the land most isely from a conservation stand standpoint standpoint standpoint point Of the acreage mapped in Utah acres are detailed surveys on dry farming and Irrigated lands and the remaining I 2 2 acres are reconnaissance surveys s on range and forest lands according I to M R B Isaacson chief of the ph surveys division of region I 18 I Aerial take pie piC ture of farm land Isaacson said and photographic maps are pre I pal ed on a wale scale of 8 or 4 inches to the mile mae depending upon the size of the farm farm and the complexity ty of land conditions Conser Conservation surveyors ors are chief chiefly chiefly ly Iy in four land factors So 1 slope slona ol or land amo amount nt of erosion erosion- erosion soil i and preSent present use After surveys have been made so carefully that every detail of the Fend md is plainly sho technicians use thee theoe the the- e maps and climate records in tables of management practices which should be followed follo for each type of oil The Tre maps are widely used by soil sOlI conservation districts CS technicians and other fedel fedei al agencies in m making plans for plO pio per land use Isaacson stated Some people may think these Sl sI cost cos a great sum of money mon he said But actually detailed surveys in Utah cost only 3 cents cent per acre and reconnaissance sear sur ves w were ere ere done for seven tenths of ofa ofa ofa a cent Tier ncr acre Surveys have hae been biri completed in 10 areas and are in pi ogress in six additional districts including the Grand and San Juan soil con conservation conservation conservation districts |