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Show Conservation Program Covers Nearly Fifty-Three Million Acres In U. S. In 1936 Nearly 53 million acres of productive pro-ductive farm fand in the United States were subject to conservation conserva-tion practices under the 1936 Agricultural Ag-ricultural Conservation program, according to a preliminary estimate esti-mate just completed by the Agricultural Agri-cultural Adjustment administration. administra-tion. The reports indicate that about 31 million acres of land were ; diverted from soil-depleting crops. ' New seedings of soil-conserving j crops made under, the program included in-cluded nearly 34 million acres of legumes alone or in mixtures, around 7'i million acres of green- manure crops, and nearly two million mil-lion acres of new or improved pas-; ture. Applications of limestone, superphosphate, or other chemicals were made on 2i million acres. Mechanical erosion controls, such as terracing, contour furrowing, and protected summer fallow, were placed in effect on 5 million acres. Approximately 3 million for grants, representing about 4 million mil-lion farmers, were filed. These include in-clude more than 1.200,000 in the 10 stales of the north central region, which roughly approximates the Corn Belt, and nearly 900.000 in the south. Cropland on the farms covered by applications for grants totals nearly 2S1 million acres, or 67 per cent of all crop land in the United States. |