Show to II n Farm News I Save Savo Savo Water Savo Soil Soil SoH and wat water water go together frI This s Is not the beginning of or a astory astory story on irrigation says C. C I. I Foy Eoy chairman the f r the Garfield County Agricultural Conservation Committee Committee but the story of or the erosion that is eating away our security If H tho the water leaving the theland theland theland land in a rain st storm rm or when tho the snow melts can be checked the am amount of land lost will be cut down Tho The water he lie explains is needed to grow the tho plants which keep the water from running off When there is little vegetation and when drill rows and plow furrows are up and down the slope there is little to hold the rain that falls orthe or the snow that melts melts It runs off and it takes the topsoIl with it When there Is a cover er of growIng growing growing grow grow- ing plants the rain drops are broken up and the roots of or the plants lead the water down Into nto the soil where It it- helps to keep the Ithe vegetation growing Rain Ram falling on unprotected land churns up the topsoil and soon Boon a muddy stream Is cutting its lits way down the slope Soil and water go gether Both are needed for growing plants but bul every time they leave leavo the field together they leave It that much poorer that poorer that much less able to produce the needed food On the other hand soil and r water can bo be made to stay to to- to I gether The water held back helps grow the crops that help hold tho the soil To do this more vegetative cover coyer Is needed to protect the tho land This means winter cover coer where the land is not frozen It means terraces grassed waterways fling fax-fling on the contour pastures and short rotations with grass and legumes in the rotation and dams whore where necessary D By holding our land we hold our future security as a nation tho chairman said To do that is the aim and purpose of or the Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- Conservation Program On Overdraft Ovi from tho the Soil Bank Ban Did you ever get get an OD from your bank asks J. J Vern Hopkin chairman of or the Utah State committee I I mean your soil bank Ho pointed out that we are aro running through our bank ac account account account ac- ac count of soil altogether too fast Half tho the cropland we used In th the United States last year rear was s subject sub subject sub sub- b- b to ero erosion lon ion in greater or less degree After moro morn than 10 years of or widespread application of or son soIl building materials and sav soil Continued on last page 1 P MA Farm News III 11 IMI II Continued from page one ing practices there still Is nee need to step up the operation Tho The chairman discusses the problem in banking terms Almost Almost Al M most like when a rich uncle dies and leaves us a bank account the people of the United States and the early settlers of America Ameri Ameri- ca found a virgin soil rich in minerals and humus But the Nation has run through about a third of the original account al already already al- al read ready and tho the balance is dwindling dwindling ing fast And the family depending on the account Is getting larger There are more mouths to feed and more stomachs to fill Our bank account is going down while the need Is increasing Like an any bank acco account nt a 1 system is needed that balances outgo with Income and provides for restoring previous with draw draw- als also Only in this way can the nation avoid an OD from the soil bank That In banking terms Is the tho function of the Agricultural Conservation Pro Pro- gram Everyone who eats cats has an Interest in the soil bank account Everyone one has a responsibility In helping keep the account from running out If that responsibility ity is not met everyone will eventually be eating less with a greater comparative cost The TheOD TheOD TheOD OD affects the whole hole family not just the farmer who produces the br bread an and butter and beans and beef beet |