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Show pLr p .p-s PRO GRAM From ilia County PMA Committee .,. cp Conervation Aims ! Farmers of Duchesne county - have an opportunity in 1950 of k making better use of the Ag-v Ag-v ricultural Conservation program f than ever before, says Doug '' Bertoch, chairman of the Counts Coun-ts ty PMA committee. With allotments on wheat and i need to shift production on some of the acreage in these crops, farmers have an opportunity oppor-tunity to use the Agricultural Conservation program in the seeding of grasses and legumes. In this, cooperating farmers will D not only be helping to bring-production bring-production into balance, but they will be building reserves in the soil for future needs. The seeding of grass and le-w le-w gumes is only a part of the job of most effective conservation. To obtain the maximum in stands and growth, the chairman chair-man points out, most soils in the state require phosphate, and the agricultural conservation practice for the application of this material to new seedings is an important part of the current cur-rent conservation effort. ACP assistance for these prac-S' prac-S' tices is available to all farmers ' in Duchesne county, says the chairman. With these practices to as tools in the effort to control ior erosion and build soil fertility, tei farmers of Duchesne county are is in a position to make greater and more effective use of the program than ever before. , To help farmers use the pro-Id pro-Id gram to best advantage, elected farmer committeemen are avail- able in every farming community. commun-ity. The chairman urges all farmers to use the help extended extend-ed by these men in analyzing conservation problems and in helping to select practices to meet them. ACP Practices To Prevent Wind Erosion The time to check wind erosion ero-sion is before the soil starts to blow. After soil starts to blow, it is difficult to check. Here is the way Mr. Bertoch explains how soils go on a rampage: ram-page: Once te top-soil starts to move, the sand-blast effect of i the soil particles helps to tear other soil particles loose from their moorings. In high winds this continues until vast areas may be swept down to hardpan or plow sole. To assist farmers in preparing their land against the ravages, of wind erosion, the Agricultural Conservation program provides a number of conservation prac tices, the chairman explains. The approved practices for Duchesne county include: land leveling, seeding range land, and building terraces on sloping land. The chairman urges continued vigilance in protecting soils in "blow" areas. Although conditions condi-tions now may be favorable with apparently little danger of wind erosion, he warns that the best way to be sure is to keep the barriers up all the time. "It is when farmers relax and think they are out of danger, when the guards are let aown, j that the wind can strike with the greatest damage. "Only by keeping the soil tied down with sod or crop residues and by providing buffed strips that help to keep a 'blow' from getting started, are farmers sure their land will be there after af-ter the wind dies down." USDA Buying Pork To Support Hog Prices The U. S. Department of Ag-riculture Ag-riculture is offering to buy certain cer-tain pork products in an effort to maintain hog prices at 90 per cent of parity, according to Mr. Bertoch. While purchase and storage of pork is the only method of hog price support open to the department, Chairman Bertoch points out that orderly marketing market-ing of hogs by farmers can' be the most important single factor fac-tor in maintaining hog prices. Price support purchases of pork will not be effective in holding live hog prices if market gluts occur, he added. The department in its announcement an-nouncement offering to buy smoked hams, smoked pork shoulder picnics and bacon said that the present hog price situation situa-tion resulted from extremely heavy marketings the week of Jan. 9 and not from any decline in consumer demand for pork. The particular products which the department is offering to buy were selected because they store well and are adapted to school lunch and institutional distribution, expected to be the initial outlets for the price support sup-port purchases. The seven market average price for barrows and gilts was about equal to the weekly support sup-port guide the week ended Jan. 13, but market prices the following follow-ing week did not increase sufficiently suf-ficiently to match the seasonal increase in the weekly guides. ' In January and February, hog ; market prices are normally ! trending upward from the December De-cember lows and based on this normal trend, support guides are now increasing each week. |