Show The County Agents Report r Duchesne County Farms News by Lloyd Smith and Norris ANNUAL REPORT Scope of the activities carried on this in Duchesne County as It pertains to the Extension Services of the Utah State University is shown in the annual report of Lloyd extension agent at This which includes all activities carried on during the year ended which are related to extension work of the It shows farm or home visits were made by the office calls were telephone calls news articles or stories 40 radio broadcasts made or bulletins were 22 adult result demonstrations were 10 training meetings held for local leaders in adult work with in 13 meetings held in club with in Other meetings the agent held or participated in includes 84 in adult work with in 19 in club work with In held or conducted by local leaders are listed on the report as 51 in adult work with in in club work with in Most of this activity was carried tinder the direction of Lloyd Smith inasmuch as a county home demonstration agent has been assigned here since the tion of Joyce Sadler on I'll CLUB PROJECTS Eighty per cent of club members completed their ches en projects this year in Duchesne Lloyd county reports girls and 73 boys completed their projects out of the 85 boys and girls enrolled In this type of The county agent states he expects some of the to complete their record books to be checked in soon to up this percentage of project Majority of the in-completions is in horse club which were started now In the county this Smith states the work in Duchesne County is good and the attempt is to concentrate on the quality of work done rather than quantity in the program which is classed as top program here for the Extension Service of the Utah State WATER SHEDS About now we in the arid West begin looking for snow to pile up on our mountains for is our principal Our water for agriculture and culinary comes largely from that reminds Lloyd Duchesne county He notes that fundamental Interesting m a t i o n on Is a is contained in a Soil Conservation Service leaflet with that The leaflet compares a watershed to the that carries into your kitchen the water that docs not evaporate or soak into the soil usually drains into marshes or The land area from which the drains to a given point is a and medium-sized watersheds make up the larger The Mississippi for drains a watershed of about square That watershed is made up of thousands of smaller the leaflet Water running off the land too cutting carrying away clogging streams and causing is an On the other the leaflet water is a friend when it is slowed down and used to advantage through needed soil and water conservation practices and when flood prevention measures are put in i over all the j |