Show SOIL CONSERVATION By Justin Smith Carl Is the erosion on his at Ruby's Inn near Bryce Canyon with gives him a longer growing season than any other crop he could It starts growing during cold spring weather and keeps on growing until after several frosts in the This Instead of putting up 70 tons of hay like he did last he plans to harvest 15 let the cows cut the rest of he Even his dry farm land that he cannot Irrigate will he planted to grass some of the dry land range We say that we prefer flat lands to grass for the control of Grass can be plowed up any year by anyone who happens to be In control of a be he owner or and If it Isn't It may die out and let storms wash the soil But flat land can be left til the fertility is or abused in other and as long as it stays flat the soil will not and can be fertilized and made to produce again In a year or Earnest Ahlstrom reports that a recent renter on his place In Tropic smoothed out all his contour so the water could have a good erosive to carry soil Now he has the Job of putting the contours back on his with the control of a field must also go the Intent and to keep It Last week the principal of the Tropic C. Price arranged for a soil conservation Of the high school W. D. Wesley M. Afton and V. J. brought all their pupils together in two different They learned thai the better irrigation water Ib the lees damage It does by washing away by leaching out needed or by the TaMar Ed ith V. Jolley and Edith W. Nichols had all their pupils In the elementary grades together a t They liked the Now they know that water running down hill moves soil with On the bench land along Antl mony the farmers have to haul off lots of rocks that fill the soil and interfere with Most of the rocks are brought to the surface by When it was suggested that washing the soil off by the fields by irrigation water left only the rocks Out who has a farm there and understands the made this let anyone get the idea that we the soil off our fields Just-so we can get to haul It Isn't that much |