Show 1 I farm news conservation program localized its right out on my farm and your farm and every other farmers tarin farm that this erosion and wearing out and washing away of the soil la is going on and ana its right out on these farms that thai conservation practices have to le be carried out it if we keep our soil so we can produce the food we need and the folks in town need and the hungry people in europe need th ats why the agricultural conservation program Is so ao effective in getting the conservation job done it Is carried out on each farm ando and through the tha assistance provided each farmer Is able to carry out the most needed conservation practices on his bis farm with this preface martel anderson chairman of the pluto plute county agricultural cons conservation ercla committee explained that the 1948 agricultural conser conservation v a program has been localized to meet the particular needs of a county or an individual farmer F funds to ie be used to assist farmers in carrying out approved 1948 conservation practices have been greatly reduced this means the assistance available to each former farmer will be less where in the past assistance has covered about half the out of at pocket cost with the tamer farmer doing the work under the 1948 program farmers will have to contribute a larger share program assistance will be further concentrated on practices providing the greatest conservation results tor for each dollar spent farm farin program Is conservation investment through the agricultural conservation program the nation Is dinv inv investing sting in food and fiber security cur I 1 ty the conservation practices which farmers are carrying out under the program are not only increasing production to meet present needs but they are cutting down erosion and stimulating better farming practices w which will help insure abundant production the direct payments made to farmers and the materials and services furnished under the program are just as much public investments in conservation as are public expenditures for education and for technical assistance to farmers they are just a more direct way of getting the conservation job done the assistance si to farmers under the AOP la Is helping to make maka educational work and other demonstrations st effective liny flay makes hogs making hogs hoga out of legume hay la Is a practice that has been followed ly by somo some hog producers in the middle west tor for a good many years the U S department of agricultural reports that many other farmers could sa save ve money and grain it they would follow the same practice in this feeding practice legume liay hay of some kind Is kept before their hogs at all times an effort Is made to pick out the leafiest and greenest of tho the legume hays since the leaves are highest in protein wh when en the bottom of the mow la Is reached all of the shattered leaves are swept up and fed to the hogs there are several ad vantages advantages in this method livestock feeding authorities claim for the individual farmer it will help cut down his out of pocket expenses tor for or soybean meal the more hay the hogs eat the less or they will need the hay helps balance the ration and increases tho the ef effectiveness f ec ti veness of other feeds that will save grain and the grain can be used for human food feeding the hay to hogs hoga will also help use up one of the largest crops of hay ever produced in this country |