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Show SCD Members Hear Duties Stressed By Lcgan Extension Conservationist Supervisors of the Uintah Basin Ba-sin Soil Conservation district were informed of their duties and the importance of their jobs to their communities Thursday, Thurs-day, March 23, by A. Golden Kilburn, extension soil conservationist conserva-tionist from Logan, who met with the supervisors to help acquaint ac-quaint newly elected members with their jobs and responsibilities. responsibil-ities. "Last year over 27,000 acre feet of soil went into Lake Mead and about half of this came from Utah," said Mr. Kilburn. Kil-burn. In pointing out the need for more conservation of our soil, he said all government agencies ag-encies and civic organizations need to work closely together to keep our soil resources from slipping away. Speaking of the intensive terracing ter-racing done on some of the hillsides hill-sides in Italy, Mr. Kilburn pointed out this would represent repre-sent a cost of $5,000 to $10,000 per acre in this country. The supervisors decided t o hold regular meetings on the last Thursday in each month. For the next meeting, Clarence White, of Tabiona, will be invited in-vited to show some pictures and recordings to the group. The Board voted to support the Uintah Basin Livestock Show and the Altamont Livestock Live-stock Show with contributions. Equipment in the upper country, coun-try, consisting of a 1 e v e 1 e r, ditcher and cement mixer, will be under the direction of Mr. Goodrich, at Bluebell. One scraper scra-per at Roosevelt will be supervised super-vised by Mr. White, and a scraper scra-per and grass drill will be supervised su-pervised by Mr. Smith, at Vernal. Ver-nal. Mr. White and Mr. Kilburn reported on the judging of the essay and poster con-test sponsored spon-sored in the Duchesne County School district. Winners will be announced in the near future in connection with school programs pro-grams and a display. Several conservation projects are iing sponsored in the Uintah Uin-tah county schools, and plans are beingXade for some spring conservation 'Hps for those participating par-ticipating in conservation activities. |