Show I 1 accomplishments of soil service noted progress made in the use of irrigation 1 water and in the treatment of 80 boll and forage le sources of morgan county show elbow increasing interest in soil conservation said W V shaw chairman of the doard board of supervisors of the morgan soil Cons district in presenting pies enting the 1951 accomplishments ments of the farmers cooperating with the morgan district mr shaw expressed the districts appi to horace andrews and ralph felker of the soil conservation in helping toi to cany out the soil conservation district pro garm here is some of the work which aas aa done I 1 irrigated land one hundred fifty two acres of land leveling linear feet of new ditches on controlled grades to aid in better IiiI gation water management installation of small concrete irrigation checks and turnouts in irrigation ditches one dam for diverting irrigation water from east canyon creek established a tile drain system tor for draining 20 acres of soggy wet land and established 60 acres of border irrigation system the border system of irrigating in morgan county Is re relatively glat ively new but because of its su superior perlor control of irrigation water it Is rapidly gaining favor throughout the county harry wilkinson has done a lot along this line and praises border irrigation very highly much more border irrigation needs to be used in this county stated mr shaw one hundred forty nine acres acre of new irrigated pastures were also seeded range improvement the stormy weather stopped the controlled burning of brush last tall fall however acres of at previously cleared range land was seeded to crested wheat smooth brome and other experimental grasses eight stock ponds were constructed miles of range fencing was constructed to help control biaz glazing and 87 miles ot of access trails were made to get better belter distribution of livestock in addition to these practices good grass management was practiced on acres ot of range land nine new cooperators operating acres were served by district resources this year about 70 percent of the farmers and ranchers are now cooper cooperating sting with our soil conservation district stated mr shaw A total of farmers now have district conservation plans covering I 1 acres of farm and range lani land in the district the district received assistance I 1 from various federal state and local agencies in accomplishing this pi through the ilie morgan i county district program the sol soil 1 1 conservation service has furnished ranchers technical tech nicil help to pi promote glass management re seeding and other range improvement practices or on tiie the farm lands land they help in making land capability surveys engineering engl engi nering and help in improving farm li ii methods as well as planning help on both farm and rang e lands failers and within morgan county were also assisted ly by incentive payments payment from the tha production and administration tra tion the E extension service gervice gm g genvo m e a helping hand with many conservation problems thy tho fish ind and wildlife service furnished some bass and blue gill for or it 11 couple of farm ponds in fit morgan county utah soil conservation i committee forest service local schools civic organizations churches and business people had a part in getting tile the conservation aik oik done the first national dank of 0 morgan became an affiliate member of the national Nat lonal association of soil I 1 conservation district other members of the morgan soil conservation district working nith mr shaw N are maik thackeray croydon J E rees jr round valley glen thurston I 1 of littleton Lill leton and lee rollins of man green these district supervisors have given freely of their time and talents in the interest of conservation of soil and water without compensation pensa perisa tion any landowner or operator in the district who wants help with his soil sell and water conservation problems rs invited to contact one of these supervisors the county agent or the soil co conservation service offic 1 morgan to aga |