Show Conservation Notes by V. Ea rt 1 The Roswell New Mexico Morning Dispatch carried earned a 3 very interesting editorial dated October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober G 6 1946 which Id I'd like Uke to pass on to you OU farmers and ranchers here hero in South-Central South Utah It tells us in a few words what Soil Conservation is from the standpoint of their editor During the past decade we have been hearing the words soil conser more and more inure frequently Today one can scarcely read a newspaper without without without with with- out encountering those two words in an nn article editorial and evenin even evenIn evenin in the advertisements What do these words or s mean to us Doubtless Doubtless Doubtless Doubt Doubt- less they mean different things to different people To many they mean only a 3 government go agency costing the taxpayer millions millions mullions mil mul- lions of or dollars a 3 year ear car to mainI maintain main main- tain To some farmers It may I mean something that they are doing on their farm Carm for which tho government is paying them To other people it may bo be nothing nothing nothing no no- thing more than some somo kind of a Continued on Page Ia e Eight un I Conservation Notes n 1 Continued from Crom page one method or devise for Cor saving soil Soil conservation can be defined defined defined de de- fined simply as the tho use and development de de- of our soil resource without destroying it It in order for us to live we must make malo the tho soil produce produce- our food clothing and much of our shelter But how Q we do llo this determines howlong ho how long the soil will continue to support us We Ve cannot abuse or misuse our soil resource for long without suffering the the- ill effects through reduced standards of living mg poor 1001 health and oven the e eventual destruction of Ufo lifo itself when soil destruction becomes complete As a nation we have made our soul resource produce more and faster than any other nation in history But Dut we didn't do it according to soil conservation conservation conserva conserva- conservation tion principles prInciples' for we have destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- one fifth of our original tillable acreage and badly damaged dam llam aged third one of the remaining acreage We are still sUll destroying II I our basic resource at the rate of I one-half one million acres each year yearl I I Soil conservation is nothing more than proper use and care of oC the land It means using the theland theland land to produce the most of the things we need the most an and at atthe atthe I the tho same time protecting It so that it will continue to produce at its maximum capacity Every acre is not like Uke every other acre Lands like people differ Therefore There There- Therefore fore foro each acre must be used Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the things it Is best suited t to produce and protected according g to its needs The basic guiding g I principle of or a a. sound soil conservation conservation conservation conser conser- program can then be stated stated stat stat- ed as follows Treating the Land Lan d According to its Needs and Using g it it According to its Capability |