Show AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM BLANKETS U. U S y S a 9 r S r 4 t. t r Jr 4 i x d f r t m r Tri i a pu F r County associations of farmers which run the Agricultural Conservation Program ACT operate In Shaded j r tion of above map of the country's counties Over farmer elected committeemen nu the in these counties Counties not in the program are re mountainous mining and national park areas or heavily populated populated populated metropolitan districts In 1947 the three million farmers participating in the carried out a total of nearly 5 6 million conservation practices to save soil son and water These measures ranged from planting and plowing under an estimated 18 million acres of cover and green manure crops to constructing an estimated and erosion control dams In 1947 under this program of the United States Department of Agricultures Agriculture's Production and Marketing Administration one or more conservation practices were performed on U. U S. S farms embracIng embracing embracing ing nearly two-thirds two of the nations nation's cropland |