Show las E OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH E c EBy By Carl Wilker Unit Conservationist Soil Conservation Service f Equipment Short Short Short- Applications are coming in every day for land leveling and the list is getting long Gel Get your fields ready as soon as possible for leveling Too many farmers are waiting until October which will wU prove too toolate toolate toolate late for many to get work done this fall New Equipment Sanpete Soil Conservation District District District Dis Dis- was recently granted a 3 war surplus carryall scraper Th This s equipment is World War II vintage vintage vintage vin vin- tage and is transferred to the Soil Conservation Service who in turn grants it to the district for conservation work Leveling Completed Lionel King of Manti ManU completed completed completed com com- 5 acres of leveling this week Bil Nay of Gunnison Gunnis n is the contractor Lee Anderson of Ephraim completed one field on the G. G Aaron Hansen farm also t this his h f s week Junior Bown of Gunnison Gunni Gunni- son was the contractor Lee plans to level another field later this fall Brush Gone Gone- Beets Now Good to see sec a good crop of sugar beets on land that w was a s greasewood brush two years ago on the Terry Larsen farm west of Ephraim Terry irrigates his beets from the irrigation well installed 3 or 4 years ago This demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates demon demon- strates there are re hundreds of acres in Sanpete that cou could d be developed developed in a similar manner State Conservation Engineer Visits Sanpete George Lawrence State conservation conservation conservation con con- engineer Salt Lake City visited Sanpete this week to inspect newly constructed constructed constructed con con- and proposed new projects projects projects pro pro- in this area Mr Lawrence inspected closely closely closely close close- ly the proposed New Canyon project the Rock Dam and Moroni Mor Mor- oni eni Irrigation Co Canal lining projects with Tom Brotherson and Gordon Hansen engineers engineers engineers engin engin- assigned to this are area area Soil Bank ASe and personnel at attended attended attended at- at tended a meeting on the 1959 Soil Bank program in Richfield I last week weck Rates per acre for new contracts will be announced by September 10 and the new contracts by September 24 according ac according according ac- ac cording to See your local office for details A Thought Indifference is probably ti th the severest criticism that can be applied to anything Selected |