Show ogden resident addresses soil meeting morgan 1 0 r g a n S soil 0 i I 1 conservation monthly meeting was held last wednesday night at 8 pm invitations were extended to farmers of the county guest speaker of the evening w was as J D hooper of weber soil conservation district mr air hooper talked to the group on the national a I 1 meeting of soil conservation districts of the nation held recently in denver according to mr air hooper soil conservation is a must for this nation if we dont practice it none of us will be able to stay here we will turn out to be a poor nation and wander over our new deserts as arab bands now do over theirs and for the same reason mr hooper stated that through colored slides and motion pictures the delegates of this convention were shown many wonders of soil conservation and a rebirth of many completely destroyed farms of the south it was almost unbelievable stated mr air hooper A film was seen of bringing back a ranch that belonged to a widow who had for years leased her farm to renters this fa farm rm had gone down hill so far that this place wo would uld no longer make a living for one person it would no longer give this woman a livelihood so in desperation she told her neighbors that she was going to the district conservation board and ask for assistant assi stane her friends and neighbors laughed at her but she went anyway A full program was laid out for her windber windbreaks eaks rotations and strip firming farming was put on the farm after a few years an exceptional rain came her land ran muddy water her neighbors farms washed away their soil rolling away thick as chocolate Re seeding of western ranges was of particular interest ranges that would require 20 to 30 acres to carry one animal were re seeded and then carried one animal for every two or three acres this is the difference we must see in our ranges said mr air hooper it can be done soil conservation is a must with me and I 1 intend to continue ii i until I 1 can grow watermelon vines that grow so fast that they wear the melons out dragging them across the lot he asserted one thousand people attended the convention nearly every state in the united states was represented each state having a speaker of special interest was the fact that many commercial companies had their there they were the greatest boosters boasters bo for conservation at the meetings when asked why they were there they stated that our business depends on the soil and the soil depends on the conservation |