Show b bOUR d. d E OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH From Soil Conservation Office I By Carl Wilker I Carolyn Klain hamn To fo Marry larry David id Hafen Carolyn Blain Clerk who operates the typewriters in the Manti l Mt Ml Pleasant Gunnison and Nephi offices has t taken a k ken e n annual leave this week to marry David Hafen of Ml Mt Pleasant Carolyn Is the daughter of Mr 11 and md Mrs Max Blain of Spring City an and David is the theon son on on of Mr 11 and Mrs 1 Jay Hafen of Mt 1 Pleasant We Ve wish this fine young couple couple couple cou cou- every possible success an and happiness for the future Ran Range e and Woodland I spent last week in the Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch Li tt t Heber lIeber City on range lange and woodland studies and problems on private land Such species of timber as ns aspen and fn fir have rec recently he become come valuable valuable able to the tre woo wood and pulp in in- in Several stands of aspen and fir Ill were evaluated for volume rate of growth and md management problems technicians will willbe willbe willbe be responsible for assisting farmers farmers farmers far far- mers and ranchers with information information mation relative to timber sales and md management problems Ranchers Ranchers Ranchers Ran Ran- chers in the Heber City area nr are being offered per thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand board feet We Ve were in informed informed informed in- in formed that this timber wh when n milled has a sale value of per thousand board feet for fer aspen spen Rinch Planning Worked on a conservation plan for acres of range rangeland rangeland rangeland land recently purchased by Roy and Sons of Goshen Utah while at Heber City This range is located near Wallburg elevation from to feet and borders the Uintah National Forest Most of the range was in poor condition condi condl- condition tion with some areas in fair condition Small isolated d areas arens in good condition will receive no special treatment other than proper use A plan was drawn up with Mr to broadcast reseed reseed reseed re- re seed the aspen range in poor and fair fall condition in the fall before the aspen drop drop their leaves Seven hundred acres of sage sagebrush sagebrush sagebrush brush and oak range will be cleared of bru brush h and to intermediate wheat grass and crested wheat grass over a three- three year period This range will be used for spring lambing ground Trails will be constructed to get to inaccessible areas and four pond sites were located for water development Border fencing fencing fencing fen fen- cing to eliminate stock was already underway on t the h e range and recommendations were given on cutting of aspen and removal of a few dense patches of fir trees Mr proved to be one of the most conservation minded ranchers we have worked worked worked work work- ed with for some time We Ve found he had spent spent- his allotment allotment allotment allot allot- ment for the 1957 program year on fencing land leveling etc and assumed that he would be begin begin begin be- be gin on our range plan in 1958 Here is where he was ahead of us in He isn't waiting for 1958 n and d is beginning re- re seeding on a o acres under as aspen aspen aspen as- as pen this fall Mr highly prizes the Rambouillet rams raised in Sanpete and is well acquainted with many of our ranchers Our work is pleasure when we run into cooperators with this attitude attitude atti atti- tude toward conservation of range lange lands and one of his quotations quotations quo quo- is worth repeating I HI have learned one thing these few dry years about I range land Range in good condition condition con con- oil on a dry year looks like it il has received four times more moisture than thun range in p poor o 0 o 0 r condition A Thought When we consider the speed that we trav travel l with today there is no such thing as distant relatives |