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Show ' Range Program Continues ! Under New Farm Act j The range conservation p. ogram under winch ranch operators may ; tarn specified payments for prac-; prac-; tioes designed to maintain and im-i im-i prove ranfeeland will continue under un-der p ovisiuns cf the recently passed pass-ed agricultural adjustment act cf 1938 practically the same as under he agricultural conservation pro-is. pro-is. ams of 1936 and 1937, according to Director William Peterson of the mail State Agricultural College extension service. "The act includes an allotment of nrt to exceed 5 per cent of the ootal appro, nation for payments .or tile range program, nondrop p-.;ture lands and naval stores," Jjirector Peterson explains. "Under ihis limitation a program pro-gram has been devised for the conservation of natural resources uii i a..f,e.ands. The program is essentially es-sentially the same as the 1937 program pro-gram under which 46,951 ranch ..po ators controlling 175.800,575 acres participated, in the 17 grazing graz-ing states. "The 1938 range conservation program pro-gram establishes range-building allowances al-lowances as the maximum amount which ranch operators may earn for approved actices. "In Utah the allowance is 3 cents an acre, with 75 cents added for each unit of grazing capacity. There is an additional allowance of 35 cents for each acre of mountain moun-tain meadow on ranches in counties coun-ties approved by the director of the Ac-stern division. "All the practices approved by which part or all the allowance may be earned are designed to fight erosion by promoting or restoring re-storing stands of grass. "They consist of natural reseed-ing reseed-ing by deferred grazing, better distribution dis-tribution of water sources, run-off and erosion control by contour fur-lAing fur-lAing and other devices, and the establishment of fire guards. Spec-iiic Spec-iiic rates cf pay have been established estab-lished for the various practices outlined." |