Show Farm News Purchase of or Potatoes For Livestock F Feed d At the present time the local loco 1 ACA office will accept purchase e orders from fide bona-fide livestock k producers who wish to purchase potatoes for livestock feed The Th present rate charged by the Government Gov Gov- for potatoes is pe per r hundred hundred- pounds The following g procedure will apply in makin making g application to this office The application forms can b be e secured from the ACA office This form must be filled out by bythe bythe the purchaser and accompanied d ds by a money order cashiers cashier's s check or certified check made mad e payable to the Treasurer of th the e United St States tes The check mus must t cover the full amount of the purchase purchase for for example should shout d a livestock producer desire t to o purchase pounds of pota pots potatoes potatoes toes the amount of the check chec k should be 80 cwt x 20 or 1600 Local Committeemen Attend State Q Convention Garfield County farmers an and d ranchers were represented at th the e annual Agricultural Conservation Conservation Conserva Conserva- tion conference In Salt Lake City on January 13 14 and 15 by C CI C. C I. I I Fo Foy chairman of the d County ACA Warren Osborne member of committee from from Escalante Escalante Escalante Esca Esca- lante and Florence Prince chief f clerk in the county office a at t Panguitch At this conference the 1947 7 Agricultural Conservation program program program pro pro- gram was reviewed and discus discus- S sed Mr Fo Foy chairman of th the e Garfield County AAA committee urged farmers of the county t to begin now to make plans for soil soi 1 and water conservation At the time of the up sign-up each farmer will have an opportunity opportunity opportunity to put down on his farm far m plan the conservation practice e he intends to carry out durin during g the year These practices must mus t be selected from the list of approved approved approved ap ap- proved practices except that the County Committee with the approval approval ap ap- approval of the State Committee can offer a practice of local need that is not listed In the state handbook of practices Mr Foy explained that If all of the tilled farming land in the state were divided equally equall among the people living in the state there would be about three acres for each person Through the ACA program those who are not farming are helping to protect their future food supply by helpIng helping help help- Ing the farmer who tills the land to conserve water and soil |