Show conservation notes by W earl rhinehart during daring the baist three ethree months wave weve been passing on to you far mers mere an ln xane kane county the ways of 0 our neighbors have been taking advantage of their local soil boll conservation program weve talked about how dist hot cooperators cooperator a here in kane over in upper sevier and down under the dump on the parla have put money in their pockets through conservation farming this time id like to bo tell how co E R over in the Es clanto clante river niver saved loo ewes awes from possible starvation one owes ewes on mr ali sh escolante Es clante ranch were saved from certain death last winter because he decided to follow a conservation practice that added a acres of rye to his range land mr who cooperates with the escalante calante EB river soil district had ewes last fall all that were in such poor condition that they be taken to a winter range ile he turn turned eid them oil an a pasture that he planted in the fall of 1943 and today the owes ewes have recovered their health and are producing lambs mr ashurt hurts z started his conservation program in 1943 concentrating on the develop development meA of additional range forage seventy acres of rye planted in hi 1943 pr pio vidad spring feed for laming out ewes after lambing sufficient rye was harvested harVea ted to plant an additional 80 wres mr sh says this ad additional forage brought him a gain of sheep the ewes which would have died on the winter range and their lambs A months teed feed tor or 1700 sheep was also provided on the ranch through the construction of a stock pond open on a 1000 acre area that had been useless be bar cause it was dry this development removes the herd berd from a heavley grazed area in the iba forest tor for a month H 1 t I 1 t wl |