Show OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH From Sanpete County Soil Conservation Office Mt Pleasant With the coming of spring we weare weare weare are receiving many requests requests' for forland forland forland land leveling and pond con con- The district is trying trying trying try try- ing to get equipment moved up here from Gunnison to take advantage ad advantage ad- ad vantage of the weather The contractors who w were re awarded awarded awarded a- a warded ditch lining project project project pro pro- at Wales Vales have ha started ex excavating excavating ex- ex for structures and will begin pouring concrete soon Manti It wasn't so many years ears ago that technicians spent a alot alot alot lot of time trying to get farmers farmers farmers far far- mers to try tryout out some conservation conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion practices During those days we had it seemed all kinds of help and we were glad to tie into new jobs Attitudes have chang changed d a lot on the part of farmers and ranchers for now we have all the requests we can handle Cooperators arc are continually investigating new ways to save soil water and time As a result of this attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude future generations will in inherit inherit inherit in- in herit better farms than their fathers had to begin with The district is asking all farmers farmers farmers far far- mers to stake their own fields fields' for land leveling from directions directions directions given to them by 1 technicians This will speed the work and release technicians for fr other jobs When the fields arc staked engineers will survey the field and calculate the cuts fills and yardage Many farmers are arc already staking staking staking ing their own fields and are doing an excellent job of it New Snow Course Ken Tuttle and the City weasel weasel weasel wea sel took us up Manti 1 Canyon I last week where we located and posted snow courses in Middle MiddleFork MiddleFork MiddleFork Fork elevation GOO feet and on Thistle Flat elevation feet Snow In Middle 1 Fork was 27 Inches deep with 86 Inches of water Snow on Thistle Flat was 18 W in inches hes deep and contained 58 inches of water City employees employees employees em em- will read these t two w o courses courses on their regular trips up the canyon to visit the city water supply system Art Shand is leveling 26 acres of land on his farm north north of Manti Art also plans to remove rock deposited on his land by flash floods so that he can cans s square q qua u a r e up his fields and straighten out his cross ditches Kjar Bros are seeding 41 acres of pasture to Reed Canary Canary Can Can- ary y grass and other mixed varieties varieties var var- this week The field is in the salt meadow area adjacent adjacent adjacent adja adja- cent to the San pitch River Sterling The Lindon Anderson pond pondo 0 o site was found to be he underlain with shale rock and ad advised advised advised ad- ad against its construction Bishop Doyle Peterson had technicians make soil and engineering investigations of a pond site north of town last week n 0 |