Show Conservation Report will the need for using proper soli and water conservation practices on every acre In the Upper Sevier be more Important than in 1951 when America's soil will be called upon to produce food and fiber to help us meet the world Jesa member of the board of supervisors declared through the continual proper use of every acre of out land and all of our available water supply can we expect to protect our soil from serious erosion This is especially-true when we that our soli has been under strained production during the year and before World War pointed out that the cooperators of the District made considerable progress in the application of soil and water conservation practices Ion approximately that a job still remains use of conservation practices usually mean greater said and pointed out that many Utah farmers and ranchers have found that crop yields have Increased from 15 to 36 percent thru proper conservation The farmers and ranchers of the have planted approximately acres of range and acres of irrigated pasture during Almost were reported under systematic rotation and Improved water application on 2500 a-cres were leveled and of new itches were To aid In the proper application of water small structures were Installed and 10 overnight storage reservoirs were Almost 1000 acres of range-land were cleared of brush in for the 16 miles of fence were constructed to help protect the seeded plaes and Improve the management of range The dryland portion of our Valley ranee grass demonstration plot was planted Jf It shows up as well as the se- mi-irrigated portion we will be Practically all of the Irrigation companies of our District have improved their water distribution systems in some way this Outstanding among these are the 3 large parshall flumes Installed by the West Irrigation Most of the other companies have Installed sluice and sand gates and have cleaned and Improved about 2 miles of their |