Show 4 OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH By Carl Wilker Unit Conservationist Soil Conservation Service 1060 Programs and personnel at attended attended attended at- at tended a joint meeting in Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field last Tuesday to discuss the new procedures for the coming years year's program This type meetings meetings meet meet- ings are necessary as many of the offices are planning to make 1960 funds available to farmers where the counties have spent their 1959 funds Th There re will be a few minor changes in the 1960 program program pro pro- gl gram m and in the 1960 Soil Bank Conservation Reserve Program These changes will wall be announced in order by the local of of- of fice Cice Farmers have from August 24 through September 10 1959 to tell County Committee which land they would like to place under contract and request a 3 basic annual payment rate per acre for this land Pasture Improvement Wayne Vayne Austin Agronomy Specialist Specialist Specialist for the western states states states sta sta- tes visited in Sanpete this week i 1 Mr rr fl Austin reviewed the problems problems problems lems connected with improvement improvement improvement improve improve- ment of native salt meadows with witha a group of local ranchers He lie emphasized the Ule need of eradicating eradicating cating old vegetation smoothing the land and planting in clean grain stubble in deep furrows as being generally successful meth meth- od Curt has second crop growth on his Reed Canary Grass pastures of over 14 inches average average average aver aver- age and is pasturing the fields Sheldon Larsen reports he will get a second cutting of Reed Canary Grass on his Stock Ponds Eugene Carpenter has completed completed completed com com- his new stock water pond on the west mountain and has also completed the excavation of the Ule earth work on a seep devel devel- Ray Keller is panning to construct construct construct con con- a stock watering pond on his range on the west mountain Land Leveling Leveling Leveling- Contractors were at work this past week on land leveling for forRay forRay forRay Ray Cox and Kjar Brothers of Manti 1 Lindon Anderson and Lee ue LeeBarton LeeBarton Barton are arc also planning to level land Blue I New Canyon Canon Irrigation officials sponsoring the above two projects met with engineers and the Utah Water and Power Board in Salt Lake City last week Plans were made to start drilling the foundations for these dams by next week engineers arc are the Blue Meadows 1 this week A Thought The soil waster is his own worst enemy and the enemy of society |