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Show Farmers of State Control Soil Conservation Work Formers themselves have control con-trol over Uie new naUonal agricultural agri-cultural conservation program in Utah according to Director William Will-iam Peterson of Uie Utah State Agricultural college Extension Service. The entire organlzaUan, community, com-munity, county and slate, is made up of representative farmers acting act-ing in cooperation with the Extol Ex-tol .sion Service of Uie United States department of agriculture and Uie agricultural adjustment e-'jiiinlstraUon and state colleges of agriculture. Committees erected by farmers of the community constitute the active ac-tive field force. They advise with Uielr neighbors and a.sslst them In preparing woik sheets so that their farming pracUces may embrace em-brace sal-conserving and soil-bui'.ding soil-bui'.ding requirements to qualify for federal grants. All farmers are eligible far membership mem-bership In the various county agricultural ag-ricultural conservation astociation-The astociation-The cliairman cf each community cr township comraittee is a member mem-ber of the board of directors of the county association. The president pres-ident of the county association is chosen by the county board, and he, with the vice-president and one or more elected board members, mem-bers, connitute Uie county committee. com-mittee. Representatives of the county committee will assist in preparing and checking all forms submitted by producers, and will also survey, check, and report upon the total acreage and producUon of soil-dep'etlng soil-dep'etlng crops and acreage utilization utiliz-ation of land upon farms, and cb-tain cb-tain mch other data as mav be necessary to determine e'igibility for grants and the amount of payments due. The county committee passes upon up-on such questions as may arise within the county, reviews all bases established by community committeemen as well as forms filed In the county in connection with the act. makes recommendations recommenda-tions to Uie secretary of agriculture agricul-ture concerning the making of grants, and. In accordance with official instructions, may hold hearings, conduct ' Investigations or consider special cases that may appear to warrant additional attention. at-tention. The state agricultural conservation conserva-tion committee has wide powers to recommend soil-birllding practices, prac-tices, crops qualifying under the program, and to regulate Class 1 and Class 2 grants. Again, this is a farmers' board, acting with representatives of the United States department of agriculture. Dirctor Peterson has been designated des-ignated to represent the secretary of agriculture In dealing with the county agricultural ccnservaUon associations as-sociations in Utah. |