Show conservation notes by U W aarl I 1 I 1 I 1 all ot of week before last we had in garfield Gartl eld and kane counties an ambassador of good will from south america he was If enrIque delgado from caracas venezuela working in utah with ralph folker F forestry specialist for utah mr air delgado was studying problems in the mountainous areas ot of south central utah which might compare to similar areas in his country even though mr delgados Del gados primary gilmary interest was the reforestation es of the large denuded forest areis areas in venezuela ven zue lahe be had notable interest in the woodland manage management ment harvest cutting and range re seeding programs of the local soil set I 1 conservation dIst districts mr air delgado stated that the republic of venezuela in february 1846 1945 passed a national soil oil conservation raw edw establishing a service of rational utilization and conservation ot of soil sell to function throughout the whole country and that an appropriation amounting to was made to launch the work on a national scale although mr air delgado has spent the last eight months in the united states and plans to spend the next three in puerto rico studying soil conservation on a fellowship presented to him by the office of inter american affairs lie he plans to work for the venezuelan an government ou on ills re return tura to hla his country ralph felker explained that mr air delgado also spent i last week in utah covering the salt lake and logan areas we locally here in ia the soil conservation service were gratified to have such a distinguished visitor in our territory thus wo find that our need tor for so soil ll 11 conservation ts is not on a nat national lonal scale out but on an international scale |