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Show Agricultural Stabilization Leaders Conduct Successful Training Meet A training meeting for leaders lead-ers and committeemen of the Iron County Agricultural Stabilization Stabili-zation and Conservation Committee, Commit-tee, was held Friday forenoon, J. Leonard Topham, county chair man, presiding. An outstanding representation of ASC workers was In attendance attend-ance for the session that featured featur-ed work sessions led by Mr. Topham, Robert A. Roundy, farm-er-fieldman; I. G. Sampson, farm home administration representative, representa-tive, and Leland H. Carlson, local representative of the Soil Conservation Conser-vation Service. Tear's Accomplishment Mr. Topham briefly outlined the ACP work performed in Iron County during the 1955 year giving giv-ing the total amount of money obligated and for the practices which are completed or substantially substan-tially completed. He pointed out that 98 per cent of the ACP practices prac-tices in the county has been for water conservation projects. Total money obligated in the county was $127,127.29. Continuing the AC program Information. In-formation. Topham explained the required sign up and peformance duties for 1956. Farmers and ranchers interested in these dates can find them readily available I at the ASC office, or by writing to Box 747 in Cedar City. Carlson of the SCS explained that organization's program which was set up In 1937. The technical phase of all ACP work, he explained, at least in Iron County, has been done by SCS technicians. Farm Loans Discussed Sampson discussed the Farm Home Administration and Its tie-in tie-in with the agricultural program. He explained to the group the various types of .loans that the administration handled and told the group that the F H A can authorize loans on ASC aDnroved conservation projects. These loans,, he said, can be set up with, 10 years to repay. The complete ACP program, its unctions and the method of allocating funds to each county was explained by farmer-field-man, Roundy. In addition he explained ex-plained and procedure covering federally owned land and how practices may qualify for payment. pay-ment. He told the communiy representatives rep-resentatives in attendance that they were responsible to Je,arn the the complete AP program so that they will be in a position to give adequate advice to farmers in their areas. In addition the farmer-field-man explained the wheat acreage allotment program and briefly reviewed the wool and.lamb programs. |