Show s oJ on BY week I was on the ranches of Clyde of Boulder with Ivan Willis look I over some of his pastures and One Of the prettiest sights I have seen In County was about a hundred Mead of two-year old grazing on the meadows south of the Boulder The while laced red Hereford steers grating on the lush green pas-lures with the ranch houses In the Immediate background and the rugged Boulder Mountain forming the backdrop made a ery Impressive picture in harmony and No soil was moving on the meadows The heavy root system is holding the sandy soil in and is adding much needed humus The species of grasses growing In the meadows was Orchard some broad leaved Mammoth red and white dutch Clyde has a good possibility for developing some dry land pasture in He Is working toward a better system In the Salt with an overnight storage pond being and a lot of control gates in the old and Junius Wilson of Escalante Is constructing a large overnight storage pond out of town to provide for more efficient use of the available irrigation water on the land which he Is The Seep Ditch Company I s planning the construction of a reinforced concrete diversion dam this Wallace has asked the for technical assistance through the Escalante River Soil Conservation District Wallace Is also planning the Installation of a across the River north or town this The old flume Is almost a thing of the past and the new looks very appealing on It'll look better than when One of the best ponds In the Valley Is the one recent ly constructed by the equipment on the farm of Ariel Alvey i on id of It holds about 7 acre feet and Is situated to cover a large part of his It will be pretty nice to just turn the water In the pond at night and go It's n lot nicer to Irrigate In the day time when you can see what Is going It Is a means of irrigating the actual better Is up to greatest asset Is the Poor land makes poor people Productive land makes prosperous |