Show The Work York Of The Soil Conservation Service Editors Note This Is U the Ule second second sec sec- ond rod of a series of articles on the I plans plaN and work of the Soil Boll Con Conservation Conser Conser- er- er Service In Utah This one deals with the planning and I work Subsequent articles articles arti artl- I I cles Iles wU wil discuss discus farming methods and water facilities pro- pro I glare Itam Really neally to be complete a soil soU and water conservation COI program must bring brine Into use all of the known good lood practical means of saving savini sop soil and water adapted to an area and it must bring them Into use on all ail of the land not upon only a segment of It And this must be done for practical reasons In such a 8 way that the Ute farmer or rancher Is U able to maintain or Increase his hIa Income after the conservation measures are applied to his land The cooperative control erosion x program program as 09 a form torm of attach en sn the problem presupposes poses that each piece of land Willbe will willbe willbe be put to the use we of which It Is best adapted Thus credible slopes lopes and platys plains would again be clothed cloUted with trees or grass cultivated crops would be restricted to the less leas er- er slopes and lends I er-I Sloping fields would be protected by such safeguards as ae a 8 strip of crops terraces and other measures saving Soil and aou Improving soil rotations ro- ro rotations ro would depleting soil and permitting erosion cropping systems dome me Individual farmers may not noti eI i iiri t accept urt un control aie- aie out similar or the tee same control trO measures are applied sue sue- Wy w to the farms 01 ne neighbors in m the community the Uie more cal farmers won anon amend their agreement agree agree- ment ta to such treatments Community interest end a AS recognized and utilized in order to bring about the widespread ac so- acceptance tance of ot worth erosion erosion- control measures especially th which influence beyond an Individual individual individual dual farmer Farmers are noting the Increased crop rop yields on planning farms the educed danger of crop failure during during dur dur- ing ng droughts and the Ute possibility of maintaining the farm income even under restrictions as to the area now U ed Probably the he greatest best measure of effectiveness la Ls the farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farm farm- ers er's change of out out out-ook ook In many acres acrea from one of despair to one of hope hope- After fur technicians have worked worked work work- ed with his field In attaching problems problems problems pro pro- that appeared hopeless for nun aim to solve the farmer realizes that wat soil losses can toe be controlled andels and eels els that again he is Ls master of the situation lie Is encouraged to re remain remain remain re- re main on the land and work out his hll problems in cooperation with na na- na ture The Sop Soil CO Conservation Service U is isy ready y and willing tiling to help all approved approved ap proved practices in effect on Southern South SOuth- ern em Utah farms farma Agronomists sere ara avar to plan sop soil conserving rotations contour contour contour con con- tour furrowing and strip cropping Engineers are available e for planning planning planning plan plan- ning stock tanks field neld terraces di diversion diversion dl- dl version dams and masonry dams The biologist Ls' Ls interested In developing de developing developing de- de as much wildlife feed and cover as 88 possible along fence rows and on waste land Range Ranie experts can show the cooperator cooperator cooperator co- co operator the best range practices and how to achieve them The forester pans plans the tree and the shrub panting for the permanent of gullies and river banks He lie also w plans the management management management manage manage- ment of any woodlands on the area Including such shelter belt plantings as may be desirable These are for he purpose of protecting the sop soil against wind blowing controlling he the drifting of snow and the protection pro section of livestock and end wild life ure The soil examiner determines whether or not a soil iou is suitable for lam construction whether certain lands ands wt vi wll I 1 become water logged if irrigated and what measures should mould I I I be followed to rebuild depleted soil sop This is not a complete list of activities but 11 the well rounded program being attempted and the staff of employees available for use we In executing the work The ac Is carrying tarrying on the work in cooperation with the State Extension Exten Exten- lIon sion Service and with individuals A coordinated approach to better land use on l to so O extensive a scale IsI is new In the U U. S. S There Is U much tobe to toI tobe be learned and there hero will K t J ably be trial and error and more sor t s tor or less differences of opinion These jt i imay may be reduced br by following a principal on which almost everyone would agree ee that the desirable method meth meth- od cd of coordination In a democracy U la a a litem that promo promotes t. t common understanding upon facts and reliable Interpretation of them Additional Information may be obtained b by eating on the local Sol SO 1 Conservation B Service officials or fr your County Agent KYKta L tL |