Show WATER developments HELP IRON COUNTY STOCKMEN stock watering developments encouraged cou raged under the range conservation program have been a boon to the ranchers of iron county this year says J M palmer chairman of the county AAA committee ns as he told how the range program has helped county ranchers their range land in 1940 the 1940 range conservation pro gram came to a close in this county october 31 the 1941 program will soon be introduced to ranchers of nf the county there is little change in the program for next year but one added improvement should be welcomed by ranch operators of ilon county in 1941 a rancher may earn all his range building allowance with supplemental practices if he carried out deferred grazing on 25 percent of his range land during the past summer ranchers of the county have used their range building at allowance lowance to help them develop springs build reservoirs drill wells and otherwise increase the stock watering facilities on their ranches through increasing me watering places they have improved grazing grazin practices on the range with watering places more evenly distributed on the range livestock have not been forced to trail long distances to water nor have they had to overgraze the range in vicinity of the watering place this has improved the forage growth on the range and has decreased the danger of erosion indications are that as more ranchers learn of the range program and what it will help them thein do to make their range land more productive more of them will co operate in the program mr palmer said |