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Show Plan Now For 1947 With the 1946 Agricultural Conservation Con-servation Program year drawing to a clow;, cooperating farmers should begin laying plans for 1947, advised J M. Palmer, chair-nan of the Iron county AAA committee. He u;g.-d farmers to become more fum. iar with the provisions of the 1947 t j-gram j-gram so that they can make ix.- tcr use of It In Improving their foims and ranches and In getting more efficient use of irrigation wa-t;r. wa-t;r. ' Funds will be made available to the county committee to assist far-mers far-mers of Iron county in carrying out conservation practices. These payments made to farmers repre-fent repre-fent the Nation's responsibility In r rrylng part of the load of nrn. tectlng the soil and water resources resourc-es of the country. Just as military defense is a National Na-tional responsibility and the expense U shared by taxpayers, so defense of the soil and water is a national responsibility and a part of the cost of protection is borne by the country through the government, Mr. Palmer said. Under the program, pro-gram, a farmer is carrying his part of the responsibility by paying hlj share of the cost of the practice ar.d by carrying it out on his farm or ranch. |