Show E OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH I ISterling From Soil Soli Conservation Office Sterling Farrell Funk and Ray Otten worked with and Forest Service personnel last week in surveying a new reservoir lo location location lo- lo cation in Six Mile lile Canyon If surveys nrc arc favorable the Sterling Sterling Sterling Sterl Sterl- ing Irrigation Company will build the reservoir this year This company has a storage right light for acre feet in Six Mile 1 Present plans arc are not to build the dam darn at nt the B Blue 1 u e Meadows site a smaller location has been tentatively selected in Smith Fill is n being heing sent by to the Soils Mechanic 1 Laboratory for test test- ing Lafe Ludvigson has applied for a survey to locate an over- over nite pond on his farm north of ot Sterling Overnight ponds permit permit permit per per- mit more efficient use of our limited water supplies and eli eliminate eliminate eliminate eli eli- minate the undesirable task of night irrigating ManU Manti Kjar Bros arc are constructing a u u concrete nase Dase lor new wen well wenand welland and a steel reinforced concrete division structure to control the water from the pump Kjar Bros are also hard surfacing their corrals and feed lot Cox Bros ric re contracting the work They estimate 15 10 per ier cent of their feed will be saved by eliminating eliminating ing lug the muddy condition of their corrals during wet wea wea- ther Vetch Tetch and oats are arc now be being being be- be ing lug used for silage by the Kjar Bros instead of corn They are arc well satisfied so far with the change Several Se other farmers in the area are arc also using the vetch etch and oat mixture You may like to try It too as the theod cd od saying goes nothing yen ven ventured nothing gained CS Take care of the land and the theland theland theland land will take care of you Anonymous 0 0 |