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Show New A. A. A. Program I Opens for all Says Owens J Farmers who did not participate j in last year's soil conservation pro- gram are given the opportunity to enter the 'program this year, according accord-ing to W. W. Owens, assistant director direc-tor of the Utah State Agricultural college extension service. "The man who did not participate last year or who has not participated participat-ed in any of the triple A programs may come in on the same footing as the others," he said. Worksheets may be obtained from the county agent or from members of the agricultural conservation committee. Farm acreage, crops grown in 1936 and the normal yields for such crops should be given on the work sheet. There is no obligation obliga-tion incurred in submitting a work sheet. It is not a contract of any kind. i Farmers who signed a work sheet in 1936 will not need to give additional addi-tional information regarding their farms unless the acreage has changed chang-ed through purchase or sale. A complete record of all farms in each county is wated by the government. govern-ment. Farmers who may not care to participate in the program will be asked to give a report on their farm acreage and the crops grown last year. A map of each farm will be made during the year and a supervisor will visit each farm to determine what has been done to qualify for payment through the program. The aim of the program is to aid the farmer to conserve the fertility of his own farm and is not compulsory com-pulsory but suggestive, Mr. Owens said. Contrary to public opinion that farmers have large families comes the report from the United States department of agriculture which, when anlayzed, shows that the average aver-age family per farm in the state of Utah is only 5.2 persons. o |