Show farm news the close time between the agricultural conservation program and the nations health la Is emphasized by dave davidson Dav ldson assistant administrator for production PAIA it Is only in recent years he explains that we havo have really come to understand der stand that how well the soil feeds us depends a lot upon how well we feed the soil we have been prone he says to look upon conserva conservation tio n practices as a kind of fulcrum which wo we can employ to raise production but it does not necessarily essa rily follow that increased production of food means better food pound tor for pound in carr carrying Y out soll soil practices across the nation we mile must t turn increasing attention to those which improve the quality duality as well as the quantity of our food it Is our most important job lie he declares because every dollar that far farmers mers and uncle sam spend on conservation represents an investment la in the health and welfare of everybody on the farm or in the city 1047 turkey support program to assure turkey producers of price support throughout the normal marketing season the department of agriculture has announced ced a support program tor for 1947 crop turkeys marketed during the period october 1947 through january 1948 support prices will be announced about october 1 and will reflect a national average price of 90 per e ent cent of the september 16 15 partly price |