| Show S oil 0 i I 1 I 1 C 0 n s e r v a t i 0 n news by kenneth williams emery county has been named as a drought area again this year this means that cattlemen can ge get financial assistance to purchase fee feed d to carry them over the winter the program is virtually the same as in past years cattlemen who need supplemental feeds for this spring should get in contact with fenton moffit of the emery cou county nty A S C office at castle dale or L lynn aitken of the farmers home Adminis tra tion at price for applications and further information the sod soil conservation year 1955 is now history our records indicate bat that farmers in green river spent less e s money on the application of conservation on measures than they nave in previous years the emery county A S C office at castle dale which furnishes fed eral cost sharing in the application of conservation measures turned back over 10 of their 1955 allot ment because farmers failed to use the assistance available this decline in the application of conservation measures has been quite general through out utah and over the nation as a whole farm experts have attributed it to the well publicised publicized farm cost squeeze there is a reasonable cause for concern when farmers fail to carry out an active e soil sod conservation pro gram our growing population in dictates that we will soon be needing all of our surplus production if we are to remain well fed industry and housing continue to take able agricultural land out of pro it is important that we maintain and improve our prodoc tive potential to preserve our living standard now is the tune time when our national leaders must look at our farm situation in a factual way farmers need to make a profit on their farms they should realize enough profit that they can afford to spend a part of their income in maintaining their soil any trend away good sound soil conservation is dangerous this downward trend should be reversed to insure us a great and permanent american agriculture mr lawrence from cleveland utah has left for boston to attend the annual convention of the nations soil conservation dis tricas lawrence will represent the states of utah colorado new mex ico and arizona in discussing soil conservation problems with national farm leaders mr J A libby state conserva t i onist for the sou soil Cop conservation ser v vice i ce has been designated to attend this convention he will re represent presen t the S C S for the western states the S C S is the technical agency established by congress to assist soil conservation districts in mi s carrying ou out it a conservation program on the individual farms |
