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Show "7arm Conservation Report , Sortskof wheat in i 1949- U- tentatively estimated at ! million bushels, says the SS Agricultural Econom- BKu would compare with ? exports of at least 450 S HSfbSSels during the cur- 5 frSFMS upon the J ops turn out in both ex- ? and importing countries, 4 Pr It is assumed that there k "fS s further recovery in ag-? ag-? Li output in Europe and 2 SdmS normal produc-, produc-, 'in Moorting countries, and ?b5t W million bushels . 5 be exported from the rfcR and eastern Europe Sv to countries participating ! fff European Recovery Pro- " STln addition to crop outturn Kncial and political ro e 5 ftfflV the United States m &ional affairs will con-0 con-0 . tn be very important in SJntainlthe quantity of U.S. eJ?hotSi948 U. S. wheat crop is dieted at 1.284 955 000 uote about 6 per cent below Srd crop of 1,364,919,000 ffi harvested in 1947 but ttStf cent above the 10-year, SsSfi. average. Estimated pro-Son pro-Son of all crops in 1948 is Sted to be 9 Per cent above X, record set in 1946 and 35 pSnt above the 1923-32 period- t X Dollar For Conservation How much soil and water con- rvation can we expect for a filar! About $3 worth, says uter ' Maxfield, chairman of the Duchesne County Agricultural Agricul-tural Conservation Committee l He also explains that if the f total bill for conservation car- Jed out under, the .1948 Agricultural Agri-cultural Conservation Program jfere evenly divided among all the people in the United States $ it would come to just about one dollar per person. This dollar per person is r- etched by another dollar which 1' the farmer pays, Add ; to this the 1 cost of the work which the farmer farm-er does, the additional conservation conserva-tion practices which he carries cut on his own and for which he uses his own time and money r ud the total cost is at least $3 worth of conservation for each . dollar of assistance. In practice, i.tfce chairman points out, the as-IjL-tance under the ACProgram , J serves as a leaven which stimu-'i stimu-'i ites a wide range of conserva tion activity. As the chairman explains, "By putting up a dollar per person, the Nation helps to build terraces ter-races that check the run-off in heavy rains and in the spring when the snow is melting. More of the moisture goes into the ground to grow crops and feed springs during the summer. Valuable Val-uable top-soil is held on the farm to continue to produce food for the nation. "The dollar helps to establish sod waterways that will keep the accumulated water from a terrace from starting gullies. Water Wa-ter so spread out soaks into the ground and the surplus is carried car-ried off without damage to the soil. "The dollar helps to build dams that check erosion and furnish water for livestock. The additional watering places make it possible to get better distribution distri-bution on the range so that the grass is not all, eaten up or trampled tram-pled to pieces around a few watering wa-tering places. This protection to watersheds helps to keep soil from washing and blowing away." These are just a few examples ! of how "the dollar per person" is being used to protect the soil the source of the nation's food supply. As the chairman states, "It is food insurance for both the present and the future. The dollar helps to buy present and future food security. "If we lose our soil we can't produce the food. If the food isn't produced, it means empty plates and empty stomachs." Goals Call for More Hens and Pullets To assure an abundance of eggs to meet high market demand, de-mand, which is partially due to high meat prices, farmers should carry into next year the largest number of hens and pullets con-1 sistent with good poultry-management practices. This is the recommenation of the Department of Agriculture in calling for a national production produc-tion goal of 425 million hens and pullets on farms on January 1, 1949. It would mean keeping on farms a larger proportion of the summer focks than in recent years, and would supply at least as many eggs per person as this year. In both 1947 and 1948. U. S. consumers averaged 380 eggs apiece, compared with their prewar pre-war average of 298. |