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Old nUlna flume at P:1uison P1uison Paulson : DUch Ditch on Ashlf'Y AshlfY Ashley ' ' Soil Soak ConservationGears Conservation ConservationGears ConservationGears Gears Program ProgramTo ProgramTo To War Effort BY HOWARD M IVORY8 IVORYB IVORYa IVORY B a C 8 S SupervisorThe Supervisor SupervisorThe The year 1843 1943 brought increased increasedemphasis Increasedemphasis Increlemphasis emphasis on the soil soU conservatlon conservatton conservatlonprogram conservattonprogram conservatprogram n program for the Ulntah Uintah Ba"ln Baln Basin Ba " ln Boll Soil BollConservation SoilConservation l lConservation Conservation District D1strlct . because becaWie farmers far- far farmers fajmers ' - " - mers were being asked to produce producemOle producemote producnioic mOle mote food with less help andmachinery and andmachinery anmachinery machinery No better way can be befound befound kfound found to . accomplish a.ccompUsh accompUsh such a t.ask task t.askthan taskthan . tasthan than to follow the priclples prlclples priciplea of t.he the t.hesoU thesoS . thsoil soU soS conservation program Sowfanners Some Sometanners SomeIss tanners Iss nrers do thia this by Improving , .thelIrrigation thelIrrigation . t tltelr tltelrirrigation eir eirirrigation irrigation systems syst.ems . some byl'vel by \l'vel l'vel lvel Wvel l'vellag Wvellug \ ' VvelIng lag lug their fields some by planting plantingpastures plantingpastures plantinpastures pastures where better adapted and and80ItIe andsame anoome 80ItIe same do It by having a planned plannedcrop plannedcrop planneicrop crop rotation system systemn . these t.hese things thingsall thingsall thingall all go toward decreasing the am- am amount amonnt amount " - ount onnt of wasted tim time labor water watera.nd waterand watciand a.nd and . soU soil BOU Experimenta Experiments have shownthat shown showntho.t showithat tho.t thot that . such a common practice as asleveUng asleveling aleveling leveUng leveling can Increase yields from fron10 10 . to t.o 50 percent'I11e percentThe percent percentThe fromI I The 'I11e I11e ' district supi-rvlsois supi rvlsois sUpt.rvl'lOI sUpt.rvllOI sUptrvllOI suptrvlsots . - . ' s whl.il whlil which whl.ilmake whichmake whicimake ( . 1 make up the governing body are arel areselected anselected * l > elected selected by the votes ot of the U1e far-I far I farImers far- far farmers far'iners fariners - ' mers and Rnd the State Soil Conserva- Conserva Conservation COl1 Conseivatton elVa- elVa elVaHon . ' > - Hon tion Committee Let Lein n P Shrlsten Shristen Shrlsten"en Shristenten Shrlsteneen , "en en ten " from Vernil Vern.1 Vern1 Vernal . Is ls chairman chalnnan , or of orthe ofthe othe the board with the following mem- mem member members memhers - . ber bers : > Davis Da vis MorrtU MorriU Morrill Tildell Tl1den Tildelt . , Lynn Iynn LynnRoss IynnRoss LyniRoss , Ross Arcadia John H Cook CookRooBeve1t CookRoosevelt CoohRoosevelt RooBeve1t Roosevelt . and Chester Hartman Hartman1rorn Hartmanfront Hartrnaitresn - 1rorn front , , Mt . Fmmons Is secretaryEarly secretaryEarly secretary secretaryEarly , Early . this t.hiS year the supervisols supervisors supervisolsrev1.sed supervisorsrevised supervisorrevised r-ev1.sed rev1.sed r ev1.sed ev1sed revised - . . their t.helr thelr work pion jJu pi an , " ana adop adop- adopted adopted - ted red one which gave the farmersmore farmers farmersmort farmermore , mort more ! assistance on their immediate immediateproblems Immediateproblems Immedlatiproblems , problems tor for Increasing their crop cropand cropand croiand \ and livestock production productLon using soU soil soUand soiland soland and moisture conservation measur measur- measur8 measures measures - ( > es 8 on their farms farffi.5 farffi5 . and ranches Con Oon- Oon Con- Oonervation Conservatlon Conservation - $ servation ervation servatlon operations with equip equip- equipment equipment equipment - - . ment begun in 1943 19.3 193 1949 . as soon 800n as all thesoil the thefot1 th < fot1 soil fot1could , ; oll could be worked and are aUlI still aUlI&JJng stillSuing sillPm8 sillPm8The &JJng JJng Suing & ) ( SuingThe The equipment which wh1ch has beenmade been beenmade beermade 1 made available to farmers fanners through-1 through 1 through1out through through- throughout throughout - . , out the Basin Baatn by the District this thisyear thisyear thLfyear ( year Includ Includes s 10 tractors with attachmenta at- at atJ attachmenta at attachments - . J tachments tachmenta 4 " trucks 1 dragline dragUne dragltne 1 1well 1well 1well . well rig 7 . , overman evennan everman levelere levelers . . , 1 disc discplow discplow discplow ' plow , , and other small pieces of ofequipment ofequipment olequipment ; equipment JIbe JThe jlhe Soil SoU Conservation ConservationBervice ConservationService ConservatlorService i Bervice Service ha hq h r tumlahed furnl8hed furnished the large largeportion largeportion ( OI't1on OIt1on portion ] ) ' of this thl8 equipment and has hasaJ.so hasalbo.stationed haiatea albo.stationed albostationed aJ.so aJso . . . . stationed 8 full tuft time employeta employ employ- employees employees - ees eta In the district dlatrict to assist the thewpervisons thesupervisors theKupervlsors wpervisons supervisors with their programOne programOne program programOne One of the biggest Jobs under under- - taken by the dlstllLtas distiicl dlstllLt dlstiict \ - was \\-as as the lotging log logging ging and sawing sawlnJ sawiris of 17J 173000 000 boarsloot board boars boardleet boaileet leet loot of lumber It was found early earlyin earl } In the year that J1) J1 nt n i ) lumber lumbu luinbtr . was .us us am av a\-- a aaUable a \ - - allable aUable for Irrigation structures strllcturl'S strllcturlS ' Ten Ter Terthousand Te Uiousand .housand housand thousand ! . ft of lumbelHi lumbci lumbel lumber VBA was \Hi Hi \ < . " pur- pur purchased purchased pui - - chased at the outset and four tour men menwere me were hired by the district dLstrlct to do the theIlogging thelogging tti logging Ilogging Darrell Johnstun Johrultun eontrac contract contractted . ted to saw lumber As news about aboutthe aboutthe the project spread through the dist- dist district district - - rict . orders began to t.o . flood rJood In The Thesupervisor Thesupervisors supervisors supervisor . soon saw that their ori- ori original on- on onginal - - ginal estimate of oC 10 10000 000 feet would wouldCall wouldfall woulfall Call fall short of oC demand So It was dec- dec decIded decided - Ided to try and accomodate farmers farmerswho farmerswho who wanted lumber for tor their live- live livestock - stock operations as well aa as for Lr- Lr Ir- Ir Lrligation Irrigation - ilgatlon ligation rigation & structers &tructers tructers which called for foran foran to an additional 163000 183 103 000 feet Tills This was washt washe walie ht he ' tlist Hlst lust spring bprlng that farmers fanners had hadJCl'n hadTeen ' icen JCl'n JCln Teen ' utiab lInub urtab t to get I lumber umber for their theirJUlin theirlarm lann JUlin larm needs and the district dL'itrlrt dLitrlrt ' came cameto to 10 llieli tl1el1 their I lefccue ebCUt fescue ' The Cir first , > t loud load of ofIt ofIt olimber It mber nrber that thut rolled into luto town towel to . n in inApril inApril 1 ; April \ - was as the fcnvy U1\'Y U1 'Y Y tiny \ ' of many rnan man ) I t i farmel farmet far met mel metAn An eversman evt'rsIHan evtrsIHan ' ll'vllt.r llvllt.r llvlltr levtltr vilerus ll'vllt.ras le ' viler . \\us us \as as was \ \ , pir pit p ir it irchased itchased ir irchased chased b bi by } the Dl&trlcl Dltrlcl Du.trlct Dutrlct District . & . wlikli .hllh hllh which wa was wa"pf'lattd wastpetattd wn & \ " LpPiattd \"pf'lattd "pf'lattd pflattd tpetattd ' tluoughout tl1l0ughout throughout A'ihlc Aihlc A'ihlcal1ty Ashleytallty Ashler Ashley ' } \al1ty al1ty tallty talltyall \ vallfc vallfcall al1tyall all } yeai leal yeat Appriximntel Approximately Appr ) xlmutel ) } . .iOo iOo .100 100 300 . FC rc is iswere t ( ,8 8 , ,8were were Ileled leteled Il\ Il ' \ eled with this m.M-hin m.Mhin m.M mM hin mathlne n1 mathlnewhich m.Mhinwhich 1l.II 1lII < . . - Ine Inewhlch which whlch was wns loaned out to the t r I uIIPII uoats n u upla IIPII oats ! { tor for or $3 3 $300 300 $ OQ per pt'r ptr ' day'I11e dayThe day dayThe The 'I11e I11e ' district undertook the construction constructlon con structlon struction of two flumes In itriya- itriya itriyation 11 iiri Tlba- Tlba Tlbation a aIon - tion ( Ion canals One \ was as for the Poul Poul- Poulson Poul- Poul Poulson - - son Ditch Co at Jensen and the theother theother th other W wns was 8 for Jim Jimn Robinson nnd and nndGerald andGerald amGerald Gerald Erickson on the Stelnake Stelnaker Stelnakerditch Stelnakerditch ditch The new flumes ipplaced If'placed Ifplaced replaced ' old oldbroken ol olbroken < broken down \ wooden ooden structures structureswhich structureswhich structurewhich which leaked and caused fciidles endless endlessgrief grief In repairsFarmers repairsFarmers repairs Farmers are always & so 0 busy that thata thats a s Job won t . get done until untU It can canwait t twait twait wait any longer The Supervisors Supervisorsdecided Supervisorsdecided . decided to try and help out . thi this thissituation thistituatton situation tituatton with respect inspect . to irrigatiOn irrigationitructurea Irrlgatloistructures structure3 itructurea by building bundlng several diffe dif- dif d1- d1 d1te diffe ! - - fe te ent commonly used tumout turnout tumoutand turnoutrnd tumou ] and rnd headgate structures and coulc could couldbe ) be he hauled out to the farm and in- in installed installed In - ' stalled wherever needed Thes These TheseproVided Thesearovided < provided arovided very popular and approxi- approxi approxl- approxl approxImately approxlnately approximately - - mately nately 25 were Installed this year yearThe yearThe The district has hu furnished fumished ap- ap approximately approximately ap approximately - - proximately 3 3000 000 pounds ot of grassand grass grassand and clover seed to farmers to en- en encourage entourage en'courage encourage - ' courage tourage the production of good goodpll goodastures goo goopastures < pll pastures ) astures tures on the pasture lands ii , , 4 ; iri ; iIvi ' x 4t 4tf 4tez f ez , t ' " ah ix % i , x wc wcM wcK M : , : ' K . I I bI b ba bRy J a Ry RyNew I New modem modern concrete and corru gated metal pipe which was built builtto builtto to I'tplace Itplace replace ' ! old wooden nume flume on Paulson ditcb ditch at JenC4'Jn JenC4Jn Jensen ' , , supervis supervised ed by Charles "Peck Peck 'Peck " ' ' flail Hall Jr I throughout the Basin Several SeveralI Severalood Severefcood I , ood aunts B s bl1 t n ts have been start started startedthis startstills . i ' < ithis I this > ) } ear and will wtl1 be ready fO lot lotgrazing tograzing ! iI I grazing by next spllugThe apt spilug spllug spilugThe lug lugThe The district dlstriLt lias has helped hdped farmelb farmers farmelbto farmersto farnieito , to coopeiate coopelate cooperate with the AAA pro program program program gram and through tlie the soil con conservation conservatlon conservatlon servation servatlon payments offered man mans manshave manhave } have been able to c.rr crr c.rry crry c . . rr } out pI piac piacaces piacttces ae aeUces Uces aces that would othen otherwise se hay haybeen haybeen havbeen been neglectedThis neglectedThis neglected neglectedThis This is really the first flr.t flrt . year Yf'ur Yfur ' tha the thathe thethe thathe the district . progiam proglam program has been abh ablt abhto abltto ablto to show a great deal 0101 ot 01 of \\-01 01 work \ - oik k ac accomplished accomplished accompllshed complished because must of tI U tIfTort Ufort tlffort fTort fort since voting In the tht " cllstrl dlstri distri cllstrlI t tin tIn in 1940 has been spent In ht orblJl\lz orblJl lz ordantz \ Ing log districti dlstrlcb district programs prograJ11 . ' > work plan plans plansag plan'ag planag . . , > ' ag eements eement cements . ect eet act as we 1 I as de detel deter detei tel ter mining what the p unary tmary imary .solI solI soil soilconservation . sol : conservation pioblems ploblems problems were It 1 . I l.certain lcertain . . ct"rtaln ctrtaln certain " t iat lat rat many nlany more aecomp accomp accomplishments accompllshments ' . will be seen durlr durh durir g the thecoming thecoming thicoming coming } year ear with the start thetrogrant the theJrogram thiirograin Jrogram trogrant lias hac has ; at piesent plesent present The sup supso supsiso supvtso \so so siso \ ! s are anxious to cooperate cooperatettth cooperativltti ttth Ith anner-i anner i Ritner atrner9 " ! - in their war effort effortII effortti efforn II ti d it is Moped Hoped they can lend their theirsslstulrt theirssistance thelsslstance sslstulrt ssistance ) ' where it will wUl do the thenot thenest thno.st thnost not nest . . . , g od XI ocl < and help farmers farmen pro- pro proctl prodtce proi - - dtce rU ctl ce n J to , e food through soil conervation con can ervatlon t'rvatlon trvatlon ervation ' > > - - - |