Show o OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH By Carl Wilker Unit Conservationist Soil Conservation Service Supervisors Tour District supervisors and md Extension personnel toured the Sanpete last Saturday to inspect and evaluate examples of the conservation work applied in the district the past several months The toUr began at Indianola and traversed the county via Ml Mt Pleasant Moroni 1 Chester Ephraim Manti 1 Sterling Mayfield Mayfield May May- field and Christi Christianburg The day was too short to visit the Gunnison Centerfield and Fayette areas Lunch for the group was served served served ser ser- ved at the Manti lanti Cafe and sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- by the board of supervisors ers ors Members 1 of the tour ex expressed expressed expressed ex- ex pressed themselves as well pleased pleased pleased plea plea- sed with the quality of the work being applied by farmers and ranchers with assistance of technicians and funds hinds They especially noted the recent in interest interest interest in- in terest of farmers in lining irrigation irrigation irrigation gation ditches with concrete Mountain Burn 1 of Ephraim has by plane broadcasting broadcast broadcast- ing the West Vest Mountain 1 area on his range burned during the deer hunt We Te commend Mor- Mor in doing his best to re restore restore restore re- re store this damaged area and hope Mother lother Nature now does docs her part by providing adequate moisture to start the seedlings Antelope Valley I spent two days recently working with Foster Kenner in surveying stock watering dams Mr Kenner has constructed 3 very good stock dams this fall I also noted the improvement of some of the range land during during during dur dur- ing the past few years in t the h e areas fenced to protect from trespass stock Foster has good winter feed despite the poor growing conditions this year Thanksgiving personnel are arc taking some earned annual leave during the Thanksgiving week end We Ve in Sanpete s should h 0 u I d be grateful for the good crops this year We Ve sympathize with the stockmen who suffered such heavy cattle losses this year but when we realize that 60 GO per cent of the people on earth do not know what it is to have enough to eat eat we we should all be very grateful that we are pulling up our chairs around a 1 table in inthis inthis inthis this great and goo good country of ours Visit From Ole Former Manti ManU District Ranger LeGrand Olsen stopped shopped by to say hello this week Nice to see sec a worker co-worker again whom everyone enjoyed working with so much Church Organizations Plan Leveling Projects Ephraim North Ward Yard and the seventh Forty nth Quorum Quorum of nf Sov Sev- Sev c v- v enties are planning land leveling leveling leveling level level- ing projects on their farms this fall The North ward project is being supervised by Howard and the Quorum of Seventies project is under the supervision of Hal Keller A Thought It is right to be contented with what you have but never I with what you are |