Show OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH From Soil Soli Conservation Office ManU Manti USDA agency representatives tives and md farmers met at the court house to review and submit submit submit sub sub- mit recommendations for next y years e a r l' s program Worth Bench of Fa Fairview represented the Sanpete and Joe Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen of Gunnison represented the county commissioners Five important changes were recommended as follow 1 Fifty Fifty Fifty ty per cent cost sharing with funds for concrete head- head g gates tes and dividers 2 A stubble mulch practice for Sanpete with cost sharing of per acre 3 Increase cost sharing on fencing to 50 per cent of total cost 4 A new practice for concrete surfacing for feed lots 5 Pooling agreements to be authorized by Irrigation Co board signatures alleviating the necessity for circulating lating form for all stock holders signatures Rock Picker Art Shand has recently inquired in in- in about the availability of a rock picking machine We Ve have I received word that the Plute Piute I County owns such a ma machine ma- ma chine This machine can be rented or purchased and farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers desiring to clear their land cf rocks 2 inches to 8 inches in diameter should contact their local office or district su su- Grants The has recently granted a n 2 2 z cubic yard truck a D 7 Caterpillar tractor with dozer and two lengths of heavy anchor chain to the Sanpete This equipment was obtained by hy from fromn Army and Navy surplus and md the district received delivery of the equipment at Berkeley California and Ogden Utah depots This equipment will be utilized utilized utilized util util- by the Sanpete in the continued promotion of the Con r program in the district Ephraim Roy Nielson and Lloyd Nielson Nielson Niel- Niel son plan to seed cropland to pasture under the Conservation Reserve program John K and Floyd Olsen plan to level land install concrete I and equip their reservoir reservoir reservoir res res- I with a steel Soil analysis results were received re received received re- re from the Soils Laboratory I for the Reed Noyes and Lawrence Lawrence Law Law- rence Nielson farms The analysis analysis analysis anal anal- ysis showed salts present but butin butin butin in proportions that are not too serious for the establishment of good meadow pastures on these farms Priorities Set Supervisors met recently to set priorities on several applications requiring detailed technical en engineering engineering engineering en- en assistance Following is the order in which the projects projects projects pro pro- will be worked For the Sanpete 1 1 Gunnison City Canal now in construction 2 Snow College partially completed completed completed com com- in 1956 3 Yardley Canal Lining Project Project Project Pro Pro- now in construction 4 Moroni loroni Irrigation Co Ca Canal Canal Canal Ca- Ca nal 6 6 Fin Green Irrig Co Canal lining I 7 Sterling Irrig Co reservoir i 8 Cedar Irrig Co Canal lin lin- I ing 9 Ephraim Irrig Co reservoir 10 Frandsen and Whitlock ditch lining 11 Pleasant Creek Irrig Co i concrete structures 12 Gunnison Gunnison-Fayette Gunnison Fayette Canal Co canal lining surveys survey 13 River Drainage District concrete on onest West est canal 14 Horseshoe Irrig Co res res- 15 Axtell Group concrete pipe and canal lining project 16 Cedar Creek High Water Vater Irrig Co concrete structure 17 West Vest View Canal Co surveys surveys surveys sur sur- veys for canal lining 18 Howard Christensen ditch lining 19 Freedom Irrig Co pipe line Priorities for Juab COU County lt 1 Gardner Canyon feet of concrete pipe line 2 Wilson Vilson Brothers feet of pipe line these two projects projects projects pro pro- are now under construction construction construction tion 3 Nephi Irrig Co 2 miles of canal lining 4 Mona lona Irrig Group 2 miles of canal lining 5 Kendal Diversion concrete structure 6 6 Mona lona Irrig Co feet of concrete pipe line Mrs 1 Lamont Lament Lyon enjoyed last week visiting with a n new grandson grand grand- son and his parents Mr 1 and Mrs 1 Rodney Lyon in Salt Lake City Returning to her home was Mrs 1 George Fisher who has spent the past several woks visiting visiting visiting vis vis- in Manti l 0 i r fI Mrs 1 Ellen Braithwaite has re returned returned returned re- re turned home after spending a week in Salt Lake City with her daughter Gene Barton and fam fam- ily |