Show washington NEWS LETTER LETTE iby I 1 by congressman GRAIN GRANGER 1 y y forest seeding Re ceding program most if not all of the wealth produced in our state and nation comes from two major kinds of resources namely renewable resources and nonrenewable non renewable resources the nonrenewable resources consist of such resources as oil coal and other min minerals that are mined or extracted from mother earth and in general are gone from us forever when they have once been used the renewable resources are those that grow upon the earths surface such as timber forage and crops of all kinds that are the products of the soil these are the resources that mankind is so vitally interested in because it is upon these that all forms of animal life including man must depend for subsistence and existence at various times and in various places throughout the history of the world either man or beast has destroyed these resources to a point where they could no longer exist upon them which has resulted in gr or elimination through starvation As a plan of habitation for man our country is comparatively new and up to the present time the population that subsists upon the renewable resources has not reached a point where conditions have become crowded so far in our history as a nation we have enjoyed an abundance al of almost everything that goes to make life comfortable and enjoyable it has been because of this abundance of resources that we have been able to turn the great world conflict just coming to a close in our favor it is time however that we have made deep inroads into the resources both renewable and nonrenewable non renew renewable able many of our mines have been or are being depleted and much of our soil has been denuded of its cover to a point where it has been or is rapidly being eroded away the bright side of picture however is that it is not yet too late to do something about those conditions particularly as they apply to our renewable resources such as forests range lands and our farms how can this be done during the past week is has been my privilege to visit thousands ot of acres of sagebrush lands that have either been plowed with wheatland plows or railed by other means to eliminate the brush competition for moisture in these areas and planted to crested wheatgrass wheat grass or other drouth resistant species most of these plantings are outstanding successes and in addition to reducing or almost completely eliminating the erosion problem which is so serious in our state these areas are now producing as much as ten times or more forage for livestock as they were producing before this planting was done the areas visited were on lands under the administration of the U S forest service the grazing service and some on privately owned range lands the success on all of t these lands was outstanding where proper methods of tilling planting and pro lection have been applied utah has many thousands and perhaps millions of acres of sagebrush lands where is little question but what grazing capacities could be increased through range re seeding as has been done on these sizeable test areas area this would not only add to the productive wealth of our state but would help to reduce soil erosion which is eroding away so much of our valuable top soil |