Show soil conservation ser service V ice reaches billion acre control contro I 1 the southwest region ot of the soil Consor conservation service made up ot utah arizona colorado arid aria now mexico hay has the honor of haying the billion tit til acre soll soil conservation district in tile tho nation W eirl earl rhinehart distich conservation int st wo worling with the kano kane coliny 0 soll soil conservation district was notified today by tilly walker state conservationist for utah i this toils la Is tile the acre san juan soil conservation district in colorados coll Colo 0 rado rador tills this announcement ws wits ado lUil said tit in connection with tho the tenth anniversary of tho the aj soil conservation district ini in tile the country in anson county ofa north carolina home county of 1 dr t it H 11 Den dennitt nott recognized world lea leader leahe in the soil conserva tie aton movement and chief of tile soil service lif in the united states I 1 since tills this first district basor was or gan izod points out soil boll conservation districts laws have 1 been an adopted in the 48 states and aind ill IH rico alaska hawaii and the virgin islands burng this period farmers and ran ranchers clies throughout tho the country halty formed approximately cpr 1900 districts in ili which conf ron pleto pleta soil and water conservation programs now are being carried out with technical als assistance istance furnished by tho soil conservation service these districts now nov nea fly acres acres with tha colorado san juan district 1111 buying ving been beell tho the one to top tile billi billion orl figure iR ure the utah district law aly was adopted lop toil on march 11 1937 19 37 since that bilat date 39 districts including acres have been or in utah among the farst districts organ ked lit jn utah were Miners minersville ville october october 26 19 1937 37 enterprise january 10 16 1938 price river Witter shed february 18 1938 the kane 1610 dounay soil conservation district was organized on 1 I I 1 I 1 j september ep 1 1942 today the ilia district Ail includes eludes acres acress 1 M eighty farmery farmer arid and rancho ranch O A I 1 I 1 f ors are cooperating i alth the dla i a I 1 A erict and are receiving tech technical it 11 I 1 assistance from thu the soil C onse r i service lit in earr carrying ring out col complete soil and water conser censer littlon programs on their land i tho the supervisors who direct tile the I 1 districts program ani and work P plana latis i i are preston bunting chairman rell hell litt little e guy chamberlain J merlo arii corned cornell Chimber chamberlain laino i in ili revl owing the progress of if tw tit e IQ tie county diBir district let froma lecont report submitted by chair man preston bun bilig it t kt t that conservation practices ap piled to the land in ili 19 1946 4 6 were i doubled doublede doub ledi over those applied ini Il alln ln art l art points out that tle jf main function tun citon of the ho soil boll qan con service Is to provide technical without cosi cost to the farmers arid and ranchers 0 iru f their district C Secretary of agriculture clinton Ji it P anderson has sent a til atory letter to president B U ci i mcarthur McArt hilr of the national Nat tonal assoc alsoc lation of soil conservation disc rieth secretary Andersn rt said I 1 in part tho the conservation b be ing acco accomplished by tarm farn ierA erp within soil conservation districts Is ili ono one of tile the most promising as su rances we could have of ille tho permanency ency or of american aart culture v 4 S chief ll 11 in ennett odthe of the h soll soil conservation service coni com bonting on oil tile the anniversary esary 0 ob I 1 1 servance ser vanco sald said this action b by 1 l american farmers marks tho the beginning of a movement that cabi can insure iho file permanency of aur our lt ration productive Product lve soil without which it cannot survive 1 |