Show state agriculturists well converted to soil conservation utah agriculture agil culture determined to hold its war wai expanded markets by maintaining pi production has placed more moie than acres of cropland ci under soil con sensation bin tion service ben ice this growing grow lug emphasis on care caie of the soil promises not only to keep heep in lull full service the acreage w which contributed so much to the war effort but also to produce foods of a quality that will upgrade up grade the american diet said harvey A daum baum head of produce buying operations for A B food stores distributors of utah onions carrots potatoes potatoe s and tomatoes in many soil boll conservation districts during the war our field buying busing offices found pr production vegetables of fruits and vegetables up as much as 20 per cent much of this improvement was as duo due to prewar soil saying saving practices he said baum pointed out that at the present time more than halt of the nations agricultural land nearly acres on farms daims in 45 states is under such planning more mora than utah farms being enrolled besides improving the quality and increasing inci casing the volume of farm production cropland conserva conservation tiou coln coincides aides with a growing efficiency in the distribution of 0 food lie said the war emphasized the need tor for better packaging speedier ier shipment more effective re and a concerted war on waste combined with lah such improvements in distribution the efforts borts torts of farmers to produce 0 more efficiently will mean a general i reduction of the nations nation I 1 s food bill and an increase in farm income baum said |