Show a o E OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH By Carl Wilker Unit Conservationist Soil Soli Conservation S 'S Service Zone Directors Meeting I i Zone directors of the Utah Uta h State Association of Soil Conservation Conservation Con Con- Conservation Districts met in ManU Manti City H Hall ll last Tuesday evening Willard Oliver president o othe of the state association was i in charge of the meeting attended by directors from the various zones in the state and J. J L. L Libby Libby Libby Lib- Lib by state conservationist George Barton Manti director direct direct- or of the South Central zone of Utah arranged for the meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing in Manti ManU Topics discussed were Small Watershed program needs in Utah State Convention program Utah district support of the National Association tion and re recommendations recommendations recommendations re- re commendations to take take take- taketo to the Houston Texas meeting of the National Association Directors in October Dirt Movers Contractors are are busy moving dirt this week on the Richard Jensen Ray Keller Hal Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen and the Ted Cherry farms James Jorgensen completed the thed d dike i f k e enlargement for Jacob Thompson on the west canal north of the grade Owners of the Briggs Ranch plan to seed this ranch to improved grass varieties Ditch Lining Ray Keller plans to line the head ditch with concrete on the fifteen acres he is leveling this week New Applications O. O Ray Olson of f Ephraim plans to level leve more land this fall Ray leveled a field last spring Moroni Feed Co is planning to level its land north of the feed mill this fall Ralph Blackham states that tentative plans are to set up the area into improved pastures engineers in the Mt Pleasant Pleasant Pleasant Plea Plea- sant office are engineering the project Don Christensen plans to de develop develop de- de dea a spring on his ranch south of Wales this f fall New Cooperators New v Plans Chauncey Thom Thompson p son of Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim signed as a new district cooperator this w wee week e e k Mr r. r Thompson plans to improve his meadow land by fencing reseed- reseed ing to new grass varieties and rotation grazing A Anew new basic plan was prepared pre pre- pared this week for Richard Christensen M Man Many a n y improvements improvements improve improve- Improvements ments and conservation m measures measures mea mea- ea- ea were installed on t this his h i s ranch by Richards Richard's father and Dick plans to continue continue with many more Blue Elue Prints ts Ready Blue prints of the plans drawn by Tom Brothersen for Ephraim Irrigation Company were returned re returned returned re- re turned this week from Salt Lake These plans are for a concrete spillway to be installed by a successful bidder this fall A Thought Last year folks died of gas Fifty put a match match to it 54 inhaled it stepped on it |