Show conservation notes dy by NY earl I 1 in ili tile the past we havo discussed quite a number of 0 phases of soil conservation planning liming but wo havo have never actually gono gone into the flold bold antl and made it 0 far arm in plan let Us ua take J a 4 pock peek to see sea how farmers and soil eoll concer work together the first thing they do is to look over ilia iho farm they walk together from to flold bold studying each patch and parcel of 0 land as they choy go checking with a land use capability map they ode aeo what ench each field aleid to Is used for or and what tho the inep baya it should ho be used for they also examine the pastures and woods tho the farnor farrior tolls ho what lie grows what kind of I 1 farming lie he wants wanta to do what livestock lie ho hrab had what diat machinery ile he hns 1108 and so ou oil tile the technician points out in every heldi field pasture ire and woodlot what needs to ho be dono done to stop erosion and keep the land productive fences aai and farm roads may need to io bo moved in some places so BO that they will follow tile the contours of the ilia land and at ili n with te nices 38 and contour fa farming that lg is it it la Is a dryland drYla iid field tho the field boundaries wilt have to lo bo be changed in bolna solna place 8 so eo that each field will haqq land of ain less ipes ifray have to bo be changed to pasture meadow or woods there may lio b a same idle landi which can be ba irrigated drat drained nod or cleared of brush or trees and prepared for growing crops tho the land that is li to bo be used for growing cash crops Is selected and then tho the land for growing feed for livestock la Is selected crop rotations are worked out fore for ench acl field bold all of this iland will usually como come under cities casa 1 I 11 II and if there ts Is any class claps IV land on oil tho the firm farm it will hlll generally bo be used tor for permanent meadow or ahny the land tor for pasture or wood lols loto will como come front from class V VII and VII it thero there la Is any innel of choso classes on tho farm ohp alio farmer fanner and technician ag roo on oil tile tho erosion control practices to bo used on each held and list them for tho the year ahead ahn tho details anre agreed upon they are put down in a written plan which includes a simple farm map tills this plan la Is shown as aa tho the cooperative agreement signed by tho the farmer and district dis brict supervisors the farmer la Is then ready to install conservation practices to help soil conservation district and soil boll conservation service technicians this method motho dot 0 working up conservation farm plans plan s according to tho ilia capacity and needs of the laud Is tile the only practical way to got the right kind of program on the landi land the Tho farmers like tills cooperative 1110 method thod they understand it it makes them the final anal judges as an to what should bo be done ono ona of tile the biggest advantages of tills this kind of planning Is that its it is dono done out on the land where the problems are each piece of land Is carefully studied and then the farm ns as a whole Is studied this is scientific planning for sound land uso use and effective land protection As a result these farm conservation plans fit tho the land nt the barff and suit the farmer |