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Show HOlli CONSERVATION BY CLYDE LOWE . . 1ay u wno. ii th? p.aM ten years, has been stationed at Loa, In the Fremont River SCD as the Unit Conservationist for the SCS was transferred to the Garfield County Work Unit on June 29 with headquarters at rangultch. He will assist the SCD supervisors in the three districts of the County to carry out their district programs of soil and moisture conservation. nay is a native of Ephralm, attended Snow College and obtained a B.S. degree from the USAC School of Agriculture with a major in agronomy and soils, and a minor In geology. Ray states" that he has no relatives In this part of the state so people won't have to be herttant to talk with him and also that he's a Dane. Incidentally ladles, he's an eligible bachelor.' I feel very sure that Ray or "Fvosty" as he Is known anions the SCS personnel and his many friends, will tit In well with the Garfield County people and be of a lot of service to you It you but let him know what you need and want In the conservation field. In the picture Ray is shown on the left -with four men from Loa looking over a newly "shot" open drain ditch In a native wet meadow. We could use a lot of this practice on some of our meadows during an average yea.. Control gates should be Installed to facilitate management of the water when It Is not desirable to lower the water table any further. "The prime essentials of life are food and clothing. The only source of both Is the fertile soil. If we wait until it Is washed a mud down our rivers and streams. It will be too late to save for posterity our most priceless national heritage." |