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Show SOIL CONSERVATION DY CLYDE LOWK Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, prominent national and International personality, has stated: "We can not afford to curtail soil conservation, either In the East or the West: It Is vital to the future ot our farm areas, and though you may live In a city, what happens to the land ot your country touches you as closely as It you were a farmer," Mrs. Roosevelt has touched on a vitally Important point and one which many ot our city friends, business men, and professional people do not take the time or Interest to learn of the situation nnd do something about it. We need the city people's help and definitely they need our help tor without food and clothing from the soils of our farms they will be In a sad situation. W. W. Houston of Fangultch Is leveling 9 acres ot land with the objective In mind of bette.r Irrigation and development ot a good livestock pasture. Dr. L. W. Peterson, dentist in Fangultch, Is constructing an overnight storage pond on his ranch In Boulder as part ot a development program and to Increase the efficiency of his Irrigation water. Herb Cleave ot Antimony reports that the Reed Canary grass is thickening up In his meadows and looks as though it Is going to keep on Increasing. This Is a very palatable grass and In getting better It Indicates a pretty efficient and worthwhile pasture management program. Ronald King ot Antimony has started using siphon tubes to improve the control and management of his Irrigation water. He Is uMn about 40 tubes 4 feet long and 1 Inches In diameter. He Is well plensed with their performance and plans on using more of them, "What It has taken natur thousands of years to give us wc have disponed In two or thref centuries at the most, and often In as little as 20 to 40 years; i mere clot--tick. In the span oi eternity." |