Show Conservation On The Local Scene From Soil Conservation Office Manti The Utah chapter of the American American American Am Am- Range Society will tour Sanpete next Friday June 17 I I The group will leave Mayfield at nt a a. a m m. to visit the d de deer e e r I sudy plots a half mile below Pinchot Ranger Station then up South Hollow to see areas and back to for lunch at the May May- recreation park The group will see salt meadow improvement improvement improve improve- I ment on the Joseph and Vail I Nelsen farm at Shumway irrigated irrigated irrigated gated pastures on the Ed Thorpe and rind Reed Recd Larson farms and will end the day with a conducted tour through the Moroni Feed Company Plant The lunch at Mayfield will be served by the Twelve Gunnison-Twelve Mile Cattle Association Ranger LeGrande Olson Carl Wilker of the and Bill McGinnis of Ephraim are arc the committee arranging the tour George Barton Barton Bar Bar- ton of Manti will act as master of ceremonies Ephraim Final details were agreed up upon upon upon up- up on last week for the development development development develop develop- ment of the Excell Canyon project project project pro pro- west of Ephraim and S C S Swill Swill Swill will design the structures to be built The work will include a large concrete diversion at the mouth of the canyon a large box below the diversion diversion diversion diver diver- sion and approximately one mile of lined ditch leading to the Excell farm land Contracts will willbe willbe willbe be prepared and sent to prospective prospective prospective pro pro- bidders in the near fu future future future fu- fu ture by the Excell Irrigation Co Members of the company meeting meeting meet meet- I ing with the personnel were Richard Christensen Sheldon Larson Reuel Christensen a and n d Rodney Christensen Dig Big Game The above mentioned group saw a bull elk at the mouth of Peach Canyon while traveling I to tc Freedom Sheldon Larson later liter in the week reported a small herd near his West Vest Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain sheep range Fayette Faette Construction Company Company Company Com Com- pany is working on the new Fayette ditch lining project This is a good opportunity for you people in the Gunnison Valley area to see the process of ditch lining 0 Supplemental Feed Some of the ranchers in the County are getting a lot of feed from improved pastures People in the Ephraim area have had excellent results in the meadow areas with Alta Fescue on clay soils and Reed need Canary grass on peet soils These pastures are giving livestock and the foothill mountain ranges a big break Most ranchers today are to be commended in their concern over improving and conserving I their pasture and range es If their forefathers had had the sam same samp attitude our pastures I and range land would be supporting supporting supporting sup sup- I porting many more animal units I today Remember June 19 1918 Pleasant Creek Cloudburst One farmer drowned drown drown- ed property damage streets covered with mud boul boul- ders One house swept away cellars flooded machinery wagons wagons wagons wa wa- gons automobiles and other im implements implements implements im- im scattered The soil like freedom is not appreciated until it is cred o 0 |