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Show CROPS AND WATER Sixty million dollars worth of crops annually are produced from v,-ater that flows from eight million acres of land in Utah, is shown by statistics recently completed by the Forest Service, according to District Forester R. H. Rutledge. "We do not wish to be misunderstood," mis-understood," states Mr. Rutledge, "for we realize perfectly that a t;ood part of the irrigated land might produce dry farm crops, and that the soil and water jointly are responsible for the production. Nevertheless, taking both these facts into consideration, it is indeed king to note the value of crops produced on ! streams having their origin in the higher mountains of the Stat y most of which are within the National Forests. The figure fleet the necessity of handling mountain lands with the utmost care. The situation has recently been summed up pointedly by President Coolidge, who says, "We hold the resources of our country in trust. They ought to be used for the benefit of the present generation, gen-eration, but they ought neither to be wasted nor destroyed. The generations to come also have an interest in them. They ought to be administered for the benefit of the public." |