Show Kamas Valley Farms I Benefit Through Soil Conservation The southwest region of the Soil Soi Conservation Service made up cf of c Utah i Arizona I Colorado and New Mexico has hat the honor of having organized the bil bit acre Month soil conservation district in it inthe Inthe the nation P. P B. B B Lister Lister- working with watt j the Kamas Kames Valley Soil Sail Conservation district dis district In Summit county was notified to today te- te teI today day by Ray Walker state conservationist I for tor Utah This Is the acre San Bar an Conservation district in southwest i I Colorado w v This announcement was made P. P B B. BLister Lister said In connection with the tenth tent tenth I anniversary of the first soil soU conservation conserva conservation I conserva-I I tion district in the county in Anson I II county North Carolina home county of ol I I Dr H. H H H. Bennett recognized te orld I I leader In the soil conservation movement move move- movement I ment and chief of the Soil Conservation i I Service in the United States Since this first district was organized I I Mr Lister points out soil soU conservation district laws have been adopted In the I 48 states and In Puerto Rico Alaska I Hawaii and the Virgin Islands During I this period farmers and and ranchers rancher I throughout the country have formed districts In which approximately 1900 l O I complete completo soil and water conservation I I i programs now are being carried out with technical assistance furnished by the i i Soil SoU Conservation Service These lhEe districts now Include nearly 1 10 acres with the Colorado San I having been heen the one to top tog tho the billion figure or three-fourth three of all agricultural land in the United States I The Utah district law was vas adopted I Ion on March 11 Since that date 39 districts Including have been I organised cr ed in Utah Among the first districts organized In I Utah were Minersville October 26 1937 Enterprise January 10 1938 and Price I river watershed February 18 18 1938 The Kamas Valley Soil SOU Conservation district was wae organized on September 13 I 1942 Today the district Includes acres nine Fifty-nine farmers are cooperating I j ling Ing with the district and are receiving technical al assistance from the Soil Sail Con Con- Conservation Conservation I Service in carrying out com com- complete complete complete soil and water conservation pro pro- programs programs grams on their land The supervisors who direct the dis dis- districts districts dis- dis districts I program and work plans are Clyde Van Tassel TaSel chairman Lew Felton A. A Marchant Ernest Knight and John In reviewing the progress of the Kam Kam- Kamas as Valley district Clyde Clde Van Tassell today said good progress towards point- point pointIng pointIng pointing Ing the way for Increased hay production production production tion in Kamas Valley Is being made Also the tho Newfield and North Bench Irrigation Is making outstanding progress pro pro- progress progress gress towards placing Its distribution system in first class shaper shape shape P P. B D. Lister points out that the main function of the Soil Conservation System I is to provide technical assistance with with- but out but cost to farmers through their dis dis- district disi dis- dis district i organizations I Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. P Anderson congratulatory letter letter let let- letter I Anderson on has sent a ter to President E E. C. C McArthur of the Notional Association of Soil Conserva Conserva- Conservation Conservation I tion districts Gaffney Gartney S S. C. C on the I i occasion of the tenth anniversary of soil conservation districts Secretary i Anderson said in part rt The conservation conserva conserva- conservation tion tion being accomplished by farmers I within soil conservation districts Is one of the most promising ng assurances we weI I I could have of the permanency of Ameri Amerl- American American can can agriculture I Chief Hugh H H. Bennett of the Soil Conservation Service commenting on on the tho ar observance said This action by American farmers marks the beginning of a movement that can insure in insure In- In sure suro the permanency of our nation It provides p for the permanent security or oI oIa ora a basic resource of our nation D pro nation pro productive toll without soil without which it cannot survive I i |