Show First County-Wide Planning Meeting Draws Large Crowd Speakers Discuss Farm Urge Better Use of Water and Resources The first county-wide meeting of the Duchesne county planning board held at the Roosevelt ward hall last Thursday brought together a large crowd of farm people and agriculture The day was spent discussing problems and working out solutions to the The meeting was significant in that it offered many constructive ideas which people present believed could be easily and beneficially applied to their own farms and Director William Peterson of the state extension service emphasized the need of Duchesne county people to make an inventory of resources in the country with the idea of developing them and creating new great problem in the county as well as the he keeping young people here and He believed the development of water projects and a greater agriculture industry will aid in In discussing better use of irrigation water on the Director Peterson stated that too much water is being applied to farm lands in the water holding capacity of the is definite and any additional water causes erosion and available plant food which is soluble in the water is washed away through too much he He encouraged actual measurement of water for farm Dignify Position As a climax to his tor Peterson emphasized the need for farm people to their positions by realizing the importance of the industry and the value of which no profession Loan Clark district supervisor of the Farm Security said that the Uintah Basin is considered a problem area and that the administration is working in full accord with the county planning He reported that there has been loaned in the Uintah Basin by the F. S. A. or one-tenth of the total amount loaned in the entire State of Timber Resources James Gurr of Salt Lake Wasatch forest discussed the value of timber on the forests and stated that there is a larger supply of matured ready for on the Ashley and Wasatch forests than on any other area in the He stressed the possibility of developing the timber industry in this section including the finishing of lumber which would create many new jobs and build up a large new |