Show 1111 1 m a II t j i Conservation ti Notes H U b by h I I B By W. W Earl Eari H i II 1111 1 11 1 III 1 1111 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 11 H The Farm and Ranch Rauch magazine maga maga- f U zInc zine April 1947 lH 7 carried an InH in interesting In- In iH H editorial about the el H I American Amer icon Bankers Bankers' Association through Its Agricultural CommIssIon Commission Com Com- Q mission n joining the ranks of advocates ad ad- IH of soil conservation and IH soil building It intimates that H bankers are becoming soil solI con con- Iii ii scions Here and there throughout through through- U if out the country Individual bankers bankers bank bank- bank I z i i ers have taken an active part In promoting a n. more permanent agriculture agriculture agriculture ag ag- in their trade territory Bankers In general however especially those in cities have I shown little Interest in the subIn subject sub sub- In the tho meantime the great i Industries of the country apparently ap ap- I y remote from agriculture ure tire have employed specialists to work with landowners In the development of a more constructive tive soil conservation program The They have published booklets on the subject and have also made expensive films and aided In their distribution Agriculture has been accepted as a matter of course until recent recent recent re re- re- re cent years Farmers continued to produce at the expense of their soil The general Impression impressIon impression sion was that soil fertility was WIlS Inexhaustible Not until business and industry learned that townsand towns townsand townsand and small cities were going to seed in rural areas be because of a alack alack lack of ot rural bu buying Ing power rather than because of ot the paved highways did they express an interest in saving what was left of the Nations Nation's No 1 asset The ho I American Bankers Bankers' Association has published a booklet which urges bankers in every state and district to join actively in promoting a more stable and permanent agriculture Many 1 have been inclined to blame farmers and landowners for permitting lands to wash and fertility to drain away Let the farmer take care of his own that is his business expresses the general trend of ot thought No consideration was given to the fact that farmers handicapped b by high interest rates and transportation transportation transportation trans trans- costs low prices and other difficulties have never been able to farm as efficiently as they know how Many farmers farmers farm tarm- ers are forced to mine their Bollin soil Boll in order to secure the necessities of life The results have often been lower acre yields of lower quality products Now that business business business busi busi- ness and industry are beginning to see the picture as it really 1 is and note that their business Is endangered unless something Is done about it perhaps we shall make greater progress In saving the soil and restoring its fertility fer fer- New en MIA dLA lIl President Sustained Mrs l Frank Daly was sustained sustain sustain- e ed d Sunday April 27 as Stake M MIA IIA IA President with Mrs 1 Gerald r HenrIe as first and M Mrs rs Clarence I. I Foy as second counselor Mrs Irs Frank Richards Richard Richards s i is s sectary |