Show escalante farmer gets project on radio broadcast the story ot of the success achieved by will R barker la in applying a conservation plan to his farm and range lands will be told on the radio program this business ot of farming over station at 1200 P m monday april 15 it has been announced mr barker is cooperating with the escalante solf soil conservation district ile he has cleared 60 acres of sagebrush land and seeded it to rye built a dam and spreader system which carries overflow water to rangeland planted russian olive trees along a wash to aid in bank stabilization and gully control and leveled a three acre pasture he plans to convert his rye to a permanent grass pasture set up a soil build ing cropping system and improve his irrigation system with the construct on ot of concrete head gates and turnout boxes garfield county news |