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Show Farmers And Stockmen Urged To Good Conservation Practices Money and time saving headgatcs on Lowell Henrie's Farm By Don Bralthwalle You owe it to yourself, your children and your country, to be a Soil Conservation District supporter. If you are not already a supporter or a co-operator, contact your nearest District Supervisor or District office and find out how your District can help you and how you can help in the soil conservation movement. Farmers and Ranchers -Practice conservation. Let .us make a complete conservation plan for your land and then help you put that plan to work using soil and water conservation to build your soil and Increase your profits. Do you know the average conservation farmer earns over $3,000 more per year than the non-conservation farmer. Talk Conservation Tel I your neighbors about the benefits of your program. Tell your banker, equipment dealers and all city acquaintances how vital the welfare of our nation's precious land, your land, is to their prosperity and the existance of future generations ,of Americans. Do you know one-third of America's soil is gone already! jStart doing your -part now. Equipment The Soil .Conservation District has recently acquired one dragline, Osgood make, capacity 5 ton, with a "i yard capacity bucket. This dragline Is owned jointly with tha Escalante. and Paria Soil Conservation districts. The dragline was tc- Stock pond makes for more efficient utilization of water on Harold Sevy's range quired to facilitate the conservation work here in Garfield County. Drainage, ditch work and pond cleaning are essentially the jobs which this equipment will be used for. Conservation Planning Stanley Tebbs, of Panguitch has just completed- a conservation plan which is a record of his decisions as to how he will use and treat his land while obtaining tho maximum production and yet protecting It from waste. Irrigation Water Management Lowell Henrle, chair-man cf the District, thinks headcatcs are very Important on his farm. The headgates save him considerable time in changing water. Many changes can be made without tho use of a shovel It takes quite a few minutes to make a dirt dam and also you aren't digging up your ditches or hunting sod or even dragging a canvas dam through the fields. It's wise to take advantage of a few spare minutes and build a headgate or drop structure, it saves tune and energy In the long run. Profit In Stock Watering Ponds Stock ponds contribute to better management of range. The use of .stock ponds on the Albert and Harold Sevy ranges has contributed to a better utilization of the forage even on dry yean. Harold has piped the water from one spring around H mile to a stock pond. If you think . you have a good site for a pond, contact the Soil .Conservation Service technician for some help. |