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Show I Farm Conservation Report ACP Soil Saving Partnership Both the farmers who carry out the conservation practices and the consumer who helps "foot the. bill" can be proud of what they've done under the Agricultural Conservation Program, Pro-gram, says Joe Malner, member of the Duchesne County Agricultural Agricul-tural Conservation Committee. This year about $150 million has been appropriated for conservation con-servation under ACP. Divided ' among the 145 million people in the country, that means a little over a dollar per person. But to the farmer it means that 10 or 20 or maybe 200 or 300 persons pre cooperating with him in getting the conservation job In actual practice, under this partnership program for soil and water conservation, Malnar explains, ex-plains, the farmer more than matches every dollar put up by consumers. In addition he usually usual-ly does all the work. Often, encouraged en-couraged by the limited help in getting started, he expands' his conservation efforts far beyond the basic practices of the program. pro-gram. 4 Dividends resulting from this public-farmer partnership are many and varied, it is pointed out. The farmer has n better farm. Erosion and depletion axe slowed down. The farm will last longer. Continued operation is assured and production is increased. in-creased. The public benefits from continued con-tinued abundant production of food and other essential agricul tural commodities. The land is being held on the farm and improved. im-proved. Essentially, the program is an insurance policy which continues con-tinues to pay dividends indef initely into the future. Both farmer and consumer help pay the dividends and both are the continuing beneficiaries. This partnership is about the most effective ef-fective way found of getting the job done. Wheat Ag'eement Offers 5-Year Market "To assure supplies of wheat to importing countries and to assure as-sure markets to exporting countries coun-tries at equitable and stable prices," are the objectives of the International Wheat Agreement recently concluded in Washington. Washing-ton. The first of its kind in history, his-tory, the . Agreement is the result re-sult of many years of effort to stabilize the world wheat market through international cooperation. coopera-tion. Subject to "approval of the, participating governments, the Agreement covers these points: 1. Five years' duration is provided pro-vided from August 1, 1948 through July 31, 1953. 2. Maximum and minimum prices are fixed for each of the 5 years, the maximum being $2 per bushel for the life of the agreement, and the minimum beginning' with $1.50 per bushel for 1948-49 and decreasing by 10 cents per bushel each year to $1.10 per bushel for 1952-53. 3. Canada, Australia, and the United States guarantee to sell 500 million bushels of wheat (230, 85, and 185 respectively) annually to importing "Agreement" "Agree-ment" countries at prices no higher than the maximum. 4. Importing countries, 33 in all, guarantee to buy stated quantities annually totaling 500 million bushels, from the three exporting countries at prices no lower than the minimum. 5. Countries are free to trade in wheat , at prices above the ceiling or below the floor provided pro-vided obligations under the Agreement are carried out. 6. Lower maximum prices and higher minimum for the third fourth and fifth years may be determined by the newly formed International Wheat Council, made up of nations which ratify the Agreement, provided the prices are approved by a two-thirds two-thirds majority of the votes held by the exporting and importing countries voting separately Dams Check Erosion Farmers of Puchesne county are reminded by Joe Malnar, member of the County Agricultural Agricul-tural Conservation Committee, that one of the simplest ways to check erosion is to stop muddy water running off the land. And, he adds, a dam is one of the most eifective ways of doing that. Dams again are included in the Agricultural Conservation Program for 1948, Malnar states. To qualify for assistance under the ACProgram, plans for the dam must be approved in advance ad-vance by the County Committee. The need for the dam must be shown and specifications must be drawn up to show that the dam meets these needs as well as to insure approved construction. construc-tion. While the primary purpose of a dam is to stop erosion directly by checking the run-off of muddy mud-dy water, there are a number of indirect conservation benefits it was pointed out. A dam constructed con-structed as a stock-water development devel-opment results in better distribution distri-bution of livestock on the range or pasture. This reduces "trailing" "trail-ing" and the trampling of vegetation vege-tation around watering places. Dams constructed to provide small irrigation reservoirs contribute con-tribute to water conservation through better use of limited irrigation ir-rigation water. The reservoir makes possible an adequate supply sup-ply of water to be used during daylight hours instead of an inadequate in-adequate stream which has to be used day and night. Then, too, the water can be' used throughout the growing season whenever it is needed. Spreader dams also may be constructed to spread flood water wa-ter from channels which are cutting cut-ting deeper and deeper. The water spread over the land helps to grow more, vegetation which in turn helps hold the soil |