Show Myton farmer is For his progress Frank Liddell of Myton has been named the outstanding conservation farmer by Uintah Basin Soil Conservation reports W. C. chairman of the boar Liddell has been a life- t long resident of the ex- for short His farm is located on South Myton on Uie road to the pump-plant He purchased the cast 80 k acres of Uie home place in 1943 just prior to going into the After spending 30 months with the Sea Bees in Uie lie returned home to start In 1952 he purchased the west 80 acres of the home place and then in 1957 he bought acres on Uie Wellington Liddell is continually improving his and as a has greatly increased In 1958 ho had 52 acres of barley averaged Sec FARMER Page 8 FARMER from page bushels per His alfalfa yield was five tons per and the alfalfa seed was about per Levelled Acres During the past few Liddell has leveled more than acres of his and has made new ditches to shorten the irrigation He states that the most important part of good production is proper water Without the proper application of many of other practices done are of little Liddell has also done an outstanding job of weed control on his This has been especially because of raising alfalfa The lucky winner will receive an all-expense paid vacation trip to Litchfield the first week in and will also be presented with a plaque as a symbol of his conservation Liddell is married to the former Marguerite Monks and they have three girls who live on their farm on South Myton |