Show I S. S C. C S. S Head Reports I Conservation Progress Two hundred sixty 1 acres acre of farm and range land in Southern Utah are now under Cooperative co cooperative co- co operative agreement for control of erosion crollon erosion reports J. J J J. Turner I Area On January 1 I. I 1940 the Soil Soli Conservation Service had complete completed ed plans for 46 48 Individual lal agreements agreements agreements agree agree- ments with private landowners ir irrigation it- it I ii companies soil soli conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion districts and other Federal and State Stale agencies A large portion of this erosion control work has al al ready been completed through cooperative co operative action of the various landowners and the Soil Boll conservation conserva ton tion Service Work on the remainIng remainIng remaining remain- remain Ing portion Is going ahead rapidly in n order that badly eroding lands will be stabilized and not allowed to wash into the away Virgin River said Mr Turner I Just as no two farms have the same soil soli topography rain fall faU or cropping practice no one plan for anchoring the soil soli can apply to every farm Each individual section of land has its own Inherent er For this reason Soil Soli Conservation Conservation Conservation Conserva Conserva- tion technicians make a and comprehensive survey of each par par- cel cal of land before any decision o 0 of work ork is u given These TIlES technicians Include an engineer an agronomist a soil soli expert a range lange examiner and a forester Each recommendation and with the dl- dl sires of the cooperating landowner they are compiled to make the co cooperative cooperative cooperative co- co operative agreement On Irrigated lands along the river bottoms soil soli saving savinI dikes with con controlled troll Id I'd outlets ha have ve been built to allow the safe passage of excess irrigation waters Stream bank protection protection pro pro- of cabled trees or rocks and log Jetties have been built to keep the stream from cutting away the valuable and limited irrigation land For permanent protection the banks binks behind these mechanical tures are being planted to woody wooly trees shrubs and willow cuttings Small are being checked by byuse byuse byuse use of brush or rock checks with ad additional additional additional ad- ad plantings of trees and shrubs Through the excellent work of the County Extension Agents the farmers of Southwestern Utah are good cropping practices said Mr I The control of wind erosion by keeping a vegetative cover on the land and the more complete use on the land of all vegetative vegetative vege vege- waste such as straw cornstalks corn cornstalks stalks etc Is recommended It Is expected that during the comIng coming corning com corn ing year ear the will begin to function at their greatest efficiency The TIle e a supervisors will handle the work ork for or which they are well qualified and will receive rece technical technical cal aid from the Soil Soli Conservation Conser a Sen Service Ice Thus through cooperative th the farms of et Utah will not only be maintained and cros on checked but the land will actually be improved and produce produce produce pro pro- duce better living for the landowner |