Show OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH I From Sanpete County Count Soil Conservation Office Axtell We Ve in the Sanpete district were surely saddened to hear henr ct ci c f. f the crippling accident suffered suffer suffer- ed eI 1 by DeVon I Larson DeVon lost his leg in a 3 hay baler last S Saturday morning He has been beena a H cooperator with the District for several years ye rs and we hope h ho lie recovers rapidly and continues contin contin- ues his good farming and conservation conservation con con- work We Ve mention farm safety safely in this column quite frequently and we wish we could have said something that v would have helped DeVon avoid this is accident t. t ManU lanti The Bown Down Bros completed Dick Jensens Jensen's pond this week and 2nd are now leveling land for Clinton Justeson at nt Ephraim The Sevier Company Company Company Com Com- pany will look over jobs in the Manti-Ephraim Manti areas which re require require require re- re quire and dozer work The Barton Bros Dros have completed completed completed com com- approximately acres of crested wheat grass seeding en en cn their range land near Yuba pam pain Dam The district supervisors will meet in their regular monthly meeting next Monday 1 night in inthe inthe inthe the office Karl Harris pioneer and chief exponent of oC minimum tillage tillage till till- age visited Sanpete this week to discuss with personnel tillage problems we have en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered on cooperators cooperators' farms Nary Kary says experiments have shown farmers disk harrow and I float noat their ground too much I This unnecessary tillage compacts compacts com com- pacts the soil reducing yields pulverizes the soil reducing the intake rate and promoting erosion erosion erosion ero ero- sion and the extra tillage costs the farmer time and equipment Do no you ou know Farmers signing conservation agreements to get technical technical cal assistance do do not sign with witha a Federal Agency The working working working work work- ing agreement is with the local farmer supervised district Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral agencies assist the district but do not enter into agreements agreements agree agree- ments with local farmers c C S City people in industrial leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers and businessmen are awakening awakening awak awak- ening to the essentiality of adequate adequate ade ade- quate water supplies They have begun to see that the management management management manage manage- ment of the agricultural lands in the watersheds is the key ot of their water pr problems 0 I |