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Show AAA Officials Help By Giving Advice On Soil Saving "Plan your work then work you.' pian." That old adage applies pretty well these days to the farm plan-n.ng plan-n.ng going on in Sanpete County under the-1940 Agricultural Conservation Con-servation Program, E. H. Anderson, Ander-son, Chairman of the County AAA Committee, said as he called call-ed attention to the AAA Farm Plan sheet and "Utah AAA Handbook" and how they will Help farmers of the state conserve .heo1 soil and increase their incomes. in-comes. Putting it simply, the farm plan sheet is just a way to get at this farm planning he said. It shows when it's all figured out, now much a farmer can earn in payments if he cooperates in the ' program and uses his full soil- ' ouilding goal. 1 The program this year is stress-ling stress-ling the soil conservation and practices to hold and build the fertility of the farm. I The 1940 handbook lists some 1 24 soil-building practices all of 1 which have been recommended I oy good farmers for a long time. ! For instance, there's the Application Appli-cation of phosphate. For years farm leaders have been urging the use of this fertilizer in Utah. Under the AAA program a farmer farm-er may earn a part or all of his soil-building allowance at the rate of $1.50 for each 112 pounds I of 43 per cent superphosphate . which he applies in connection I with the seeding of legumes, perennial per-ennial grasses, or permanent pasture. pas-ture. Then there's seeding of legumes ' and grasses; improving pasture, green manuring planting trees, controlling noxious weeds, and many other approved practices nsted in the "handbook". Copies of the "handbook" may ,'ce ootained at the county AAA ' office and committeemen will explain ex-plain the program and help in idling out the farm plan sheet. "Yes sir, that old adage about planning work and working the 'plan fits pretty well in the 1940 AAA program to help farmers do a better job of farming and get more money," Mr. Anderson said. |