Show Want Conservation With Utilization Ad Adv v o 0 c cat a t e s of conservation have gone too far t to the left and should be brought back to the right so they will couple conse conservation with utilization according according according ac ac- cording to John K Olsen of Ephraim who spent most of last week at Richfield taking part in ina a study of water supply matters by the Extension Division of the Utah State Agricultural College Mr l Olsen states that Conservation Conservation Con has come to be almost almost al al- most a sacred word which no noone noone t one should even question but present conservation practices were questioned considerably during the meetings at Rich Rich- field Those who were outspoken outspoken outspoken ken in criticisms of some soc so- so c call called a 11 e d conservation practices were J. J Harvey Dastrup of Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field LaRue Ogden water com corn commissioner commissioner missioner for the Sevier River basin and Mr 1 Olsen The question for discussion was the proper usage of mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain ranges to yield the most in both water and forage Mr Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den gave figures to show that the 2 per cent of Utah's area under irrigation produces 77 per percent percent percent cent of the agricultural income and uses only sixth one-sixth of the states state's water supply One per percent percent percent cent of the states state's area in dry farms produces 4 per cent of the income while 85 per cent of the area in grazing land uses I sixths five-sixths of the water and produces produces produces pro pro- pro pro- duces only 1 per cent of the I agricultural revenue The other 10 per cent of the states state's area is waste land Mr 1 Ogden showed that there Continued on last p page WANT VANT CONSERVATION WITH UTILIZATION Continued from page 1 is great loss in the amount of moisture which falls on different different different differ differ- ent drainage areas and that very little of it reaches the irrigated farms He also told of the tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre mendo s loss of reservoir water water water wa wa- ter through evaporation this ranging as high as 4 feet per year Mr 1 Olsen reports But th the point which Mr Dastrup Das Das- true Mr 1 Olsen and M Mr r. r Ogden stressed and in which they were joined by some othe oth others was as that should go hand in h han with utilization of range resources conservation programs if the agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag economy of the state is to be maintained |