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Show Flood ProtectionWork ProtectIon ProtectIonWork ProtectionWork Work Speededat Speeded at Moabl Moab - Sevenrmers Seven ! ' \ firmers \rmers rmers f-urmers f urmers - have cooperate cooperated cooperated"ith cooperatedwith ( " with "ith ith the Grand soil conseTatIondlstnct consereationdistrict conservation conseT\atIon conseT atIon conser-eation conser eation \ - district dlstnct and the forest < ; wrvice erVlce cervice m in msecuring insecuring insecuring securing over 300 piling pillng pillngV whichwere \V V \ whicli whicliwere ruch ruch"ere "ere ere were " tL . iLed ued ed in bank banI . prot protection ctJon work workthis \ workthis \ or1 . this past "mter mter winter " n inter and will "Ill Ill " go hand handin handin handin in hand1th hand \ ' vith \1th 1th u-ith u ith - th try tho food for flee fiee fleedop fieedon fieedom dop don ! 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Such stabilization stablhzatlon stablhzatlonill \\ill ill will willmake \ willmake \ illmake make it possible for these farmers farmersI farmersto farmersto I to cultivate their farm farmVlth \ with \Vlth Vlth iith moreoecurlty morececurity more moresecurity security oecurlty cecurity and in soire sorre mstanres instances mstanreswill instanceswill instanceswill will make it possible to comert conert comertI comertsmall conertsmall convertsmall I small areas " which "hlch hlch have been waste wasteland wasteland wasteland land into mto Irrigated inigated pastures This Thiswill Thiswill will \ tll provide additional food for fordairy fordairy fordairy dairy or be-f be f be--f bef - - cattle to increase increasethese increasethese increasethese these products which are needed neededin neededm m in the food for freedom programHOard programHoward program programHoward Howard HO\\ard HO ard \ \ Lance who did some bank protection protectlon work ' \ or1 . last yearstates year yearstates yearstates states That revetment wasortb was \\ortb ortb worth worthu \ worthit-- worthit worthitv ortblt lt - - u v \ ' ' eight m in gold during thos thoso those thosofloods thosefloods thosfloods floods last la.t lat ! . year It sure stopped stoppedban stoppedbae stoppedbank ban bae * I < cuttJagThIS cuttingThis cutting cuttJag cuttingThis This \ work ork is a part of the farm farmJlan farmplan farmplan Jlan plan ; Included in their farmer dis distlict distiict distiict tlict tiict agreements |