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Show | Work Startedon Started on onLarge onLarge Large Farming FarmingProject FarmingProject FanningProject Project at Jensen JensenWork Work is well under way on onclearing onclearing onclearing clearing 1100 to 1800 acres of ofland ofland ofland land on the east side of Green GreenRiver GreenRiver GreenRiver River , north of the Equity Oil OilRefinery OilRefinery OilRefinery Refinery at Jensen , preparatoryto preparatory to planting fall wheat The land landis landIs landis is owned and controlled by A EHumphreys BRumpbreys E B Humphreys Rumpbreys and J H Rat11 RatlIff RatlIffFrank < Frank Wilkins formerly of New NewMexicols NewMexico Mexicols Mexico . , ! is in charge charge of the oper operstions oner- oner - . ations stions stionsMr Mr Mr Wilkins has made his hishome hishome home at the former Hotel Atta Attn at atJensen atJensen atJensen Jensen Water for the project projectwill projectwill projectwill will be pumped from Green Ri River RIyen River RiverMr ver yen verMr yenMr Mr . JElatltff .Ratliff Ratliff Jiatliff has brought con considerable considerable considerable siderable mining equipment here herefor herefor herefor for the farming operations in ] a huge R D 70 Cater pUJar pillar miar bulldozer , now being used usedin usedin usedin in the clearing of the land landJack landJack landJack Jack hammers and other equip equip- equipment equipment equipment - - ment ' I am going to mine wheat wheatwith wheatwith wheatwith with my mining eqUIpment equipment"said equipmentsaid " . said Mr Ratliff ' , Present plans were promised promisedcooperative promisedcooperative promisedcooperative cooperative support through throughgovernmental throughgovernmental throughgovernmental governmental agencies " said saidMr saidMr saidMr Mr Ratliff We received splen splendid splendid epiendid did cooperation from local ag agencies agencies encies of Soil conservation and andAAA andAAA andAAA AAA But these agencies have havebeen havebeen havebeen been so restricted in their actIvi actIvibes activities activities bes ties that the results of their ef efforts efforts have been largely nulliUed nullifIed nulliUedthrough nullifIedthrough nullifiedthrough through changing directives and andamendments andamendments andamendments amendments issued from their theirregional theirregional theirregional regional and Washington offl offi offlces offices offces ! ces ' said Mr Ratliff Mr Rat Ratliff Ratliff Ratlift liff referred to an amendment amendmentissued amendmentissued amendmentissued issued May 20 by Orville L Lee Leechairman Leechairman Leechairman chairman Utah State AAA com commltee commitre cornmitee mltee mitre which required harvest harvesting harvesting harvesting ing of crops in 1944 1044 on new land landfor landfor landfor for underthe irrigation to qualify quahfy under unde undethe { the AAA program I 1 |