Show farm acreage yield increase Is needed conservation of soil so il I 1 must still be practiced greater emphasis on increasing yields to the acre to meet wartime production goals is urged by the wartime committee on conservation at the new york state college of agriculture this Is recommended in place of expanding tilled land acreage which should be the last resort the committee said other recommendations ions include any necessary expansion of acreage for clean cleall tilled crops be first on an land least subject to soil boll ani and water losses all agricultural leaders and work ers should encourage and help farm ors to plant all sloping land on the contour greater use should bo be made of existing demonstration farms in connection with small community meetings and to show results of various crop practices efforts should be made to have all now new sloping orchards and vineyards planted on the contour A rough trashy tillage type of 0 cultivation should be encouraged in sod orchards which will be broken as a source lasource of nitrogen farmers should be encouraged to practice conservation to prevent a recurrence of the tre tremendous nien waste of soil resources that occurred in world war I 1 the committee making ase these recommendations consists of agnono mists economists agricultural ri engineers and soil con at the college |