| Show farm news 11 rain at the window rain beating at the window wind moaning meaning in the eaves and a moonless moor iless night are the setting betting lor for many a story of fiction tragedy r except for the moonless night they also are arc the setting for a story of 0 real tragedy a ily story which way be even more tragic depending on what we do or dont do tn in tile the future As explained by J vrn vern hopkin chairman ot of the utah PAIA committee vie rain lain at the window 11 and all the wind 1 in ills eaves tell two powerful stories one la Is of green pastures abundant harvests ha nests healthy people and happy homes the is ot of dust stor muddy water gullied gulled farms wasted land poverty and desolation and tile the aina ot of a story depends on us vannois fan nois ahe chairman says the wind can mean laden clouds moving in from the ocean carrying rain lain for growing crops or the wind can mean clouds of dust precious topsoil blow blowing ing away the rala rain can mean muddy water carrying away tons of our limit ed soll soil to the ocean perhaps no country and no people have squandered more ot or their most precious natural re source our soil from waldi wl aali comps comes food and life says the chairman in the short span of years since the pilgrims landed the layer of topsoil la in which we grow our food haa been reduced from 3 9 to 6 indies inches and the story of the rain at the window and the ills wind in the eaves may be just as hopeful or just as trag tragic le tor for the people who live in apartments and flats as to the folks falks who live ii the th farm farnia tho the chairman explains their living cornea comes from the land just as does docs tile the living of tile the fanner and ills his family all depend on tile the sol soil for food through an effective soil boll and water conservation program the people in town as well veil as tile the folks on the farm can read in the wind and the rain the story of abundant harvests and plenty of food or just the reverse eise it depends on the farmer proper conservation of the land means abundance neglect means trouble in tho t llo agricultural conser aaion pi program we have a na tion grass roots loots conservation effort that Is proving effective fec tive e administered by farmer elected committeemen it is based on oil practical lain farm operations progress pi ogress Is being byln made but to do the JP effectively will require I 1 the under understanding stan ding cooperation of everyone there Is much still to ie be done |
