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Show Iron County Soil Conservation District To Assist Farmers The Iron County Soil Conservation Conserva-tion District has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Soil Conservation Service making ma-king the facilities of that service a-vadable a-vadable to local farmers and ranchers, ranch-ers, states Lehi M. Jones, Iron County District Chairman. The District Dis-trict is composed of Iron County and and Is governed by a local board of five men. These men are Lehi M. Joneo, Chairman, Henry L. Jones, Herman E. Bayles, Kumen Gardner and Parley Moyle. The District Is ready to a.ssist farmers in the planting of grass seeds for supplemental feed for livestock. live-stock. This seeding can be done on spring-fall pastures, winter ranges, irrigated pastures and the seeding of the mountain area. Soil determinations determin-ations can be made for the purpose of selecting the most suitable areas for cultivation, structural information informa-tion on soils can be furnished in construction work, or farmers can b assisted in determining the amounts of Irrigation water needed so as to do away with any wastage or exces slve irrigation. Engineering assistance assis-tance is available in structural designs de-signs and various types of survey: . Information can be furnished on soil fertility, crop rotations and a goodly mimber of other soil audi moisture' conservation problems. Tills work Is done under cooperative cooper-ative agreement between the District Dis-trict and the individual upon whose place the work is done. There is a limited amount of equipment, grass seeds and tree plantings availabl" by the District to assist the farmer in this work. There is a small maintenance main-tenance charge made on equipment by the District to assist in any repair re-pair work that is necessary. The individual in-dividual Is expected to furnish the operating expense of this equipment Any individual interested in this type of work should contact one of the Supervisors for the District or members of the Soil Conservation Service. |