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Show BEAVER COUNTY LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD Conservation of land and water is progressing in Millard and Beaver Counties, according to Farrell P. Smith, District Conservationist Con-servationist at Fillmore. The Millard Disrict, now in its fifth year, is well in the lead in Work Group Ten. Over two hundred and seventy cooperative agreements are in effect at the present time. The Oak City area has been added to Millard District, and group planning is being done there under the direction of Don B. Nielson, Work Unit Conservationist. Con-servationist. The Milford District comes a close second to Millard District although it has been organized only ten months. Nine cooperative coopera-tive agreements are in effect, and they represent some good sized farms. There is a lot of interest in-terest in this section, and with a more stable water supply, the district should be one of the best farming areas in the state. Most of the planning and field work has been done by Jay Shiozaki and Alan Decker. Mr. Shiozaki, a graduate, from Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University and a returned war veteran, is doing a good job in soil and agronomy. The Beaver District has recently recent-ly moved its headquarters to the Professional Building just north of the County Courthouse. This district has over two years' work on application on file at the present time. The Beaver Office, under the direction of Alma Decker, has a large amount of work ahead to equal the other districts. The Beaver Board of Supervisors Super-visors have just approved a cooperative co-operative agreement for the North Creek Irrigation Com-"pany. Com-"pany. This is the first group enterprise en-terprise in this district. In Millard Mil-lard District, practically one hundred per cent of the mutual irrigation companies are cooperating cooper-ating with the district Board of Supervisors. Beaver District assisted in the preliminary work on the Three Creeks Reservoir, and under private pri-vate contractors it is now progressing pro-gressing nicely. Minersville District was the first district organized under the Utah State Soil Conservation District Laws. Practically all the area has been under cooperative agreements for years. Under changing conditions, however, most of these agreements will need to be amended. According to Mr. Smith, all four districts are fully organized with the exception of Millard District, which needs a supervisor super-visor to take the place of the late William Reay from Meadow. The District Boards all meet regularly the first week in the month to transact business of their district. Each board member mem-ber gives of his time and effort to further the cause of good land and water conservation with no pay. He receives only the satisfaction satis-faction of doing a good job. For the information of the farmers in Millard and Beaver Counties, the following supervisors super-visors and service personel are available to help farmers in land and water conservation work: MILFORD DISTRICT Howard Gospill, Chairman, Mil-ford. Mil-ford. Lawrence Sullivan, Vice Chairman, Chair-man, Milford. H. L. Tolley, Secretary, Mil-ford. Mil-ford. Walter Cook, Equipment Supervisor, Super-visor, Milford. , Carl Elmer, Milford Alma V. Decker, SCS Work Unit Conservationist, Beaver . MINERSVILLE DISTRICT . Frank Williams, Chairman, Minersville. Stanley McKnight, Sec. and Treas., Minersville. Elmer Marshall, Minersville. Milton Albretch, Minersville. Charles Craw, Minersville. Alma V. Decker, SCS Work Unit Conservationist, Beaver. Land and water are the greatest assets we have, and we ! must conserve them. Are you doing your part in helping with I this work? |