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Show "Farm Conservation Report I , Urged To Complete K Ration Work i c H Bertoch. chairman df nuchesne County PMA : o!he(tpp today appealed to S:- to1,nl ' of Duchesne county : all operating in the 1949 1 o 8 m.ral Conservation pro- ASricU complete conservation ;- -ra"1 10 Now that many crops ' P'aCL 'psted and farmers can ire ha';,,e iand to carry out a ;: fl nf dirt-moving' practices, " """'le to complete terraces, s- it 1 and drains which are da, n our farms, he sug-ftV0 sug-ftV0 rime and phosphate can 'fits'( nn the land. Winter cover beP"' 'eded in some areas. : Jlrbe Bertoch said that a pre-; pre-; rarv check on the pi ogress I ' a IrP in Duchesne county V ittft about 463 farmers I :CVnprating in the program ' clPr This is 80 per cent SJ Vomers in the county. ;theS to the chairman, Acc v has been allocated :T'to assist farmers in out conservation rrac-'a rrac-'a .,nder the Agricultural fervation program this year Co' f nrs have been provided TSSeic" and conserve the soil ,0faltr resources in Duchesne 2 nfv As farmers, we have an An to the country to do 0 nt in carrying out the our Nation practices that are confn These funds have been I ed for this Purpose. As pr 0 Smittee we have responsi- inrfgrt the job d,?e- but 1 m to the individual farmers !tlSthP county to do the work. Snlv by full Cooperation of all gSen can we do the conservation conserva-tion job." m Conservation Sound Land Use Sound land use using measures meas-ures which assure abundant pro f duction in the years ahead as well as for current crops is ! the aim of the Agricultural Conservation Con-servation program, says chairman chair-man Bertoch. As he explains,"It is more than just keeping the land from washing- and blowing away and it is not mining the soil for the current crop. It is raising the crops, tilling the soil and handling hand-ling the land in such a way that the productivity is not diminished. di-minished. On the other hand it is taking care of the land so that each year leaves the land i better than it was the year bs-' bs-' fore." He cites some examples to illustrate his point. If terraces are needed to conserve mois-I mois-I ture and keep the land from washing, it means fonslruction of the needed terraces. And it means the protect.on of the outlets out-lets so that the accumulaion oi water which may form back o. the terrace will not cause . gully where the excess water is : emptied from the terrace. It means farming on the contour, con-tour, where the land is sloping and there is any danger of washing wash-ing from furrows which run : p ; and down the slope. It means I strip cropping, where protection protec-tion is needed against wind and water erosion, the strips of permanent sod forming a bulwark bul-wark against erosion. It means stubble, mulching, or trashy fallow fal-low to hold the soil, where these practices are needed. It means adopting cropping systems to restore humus to the soil. The seeding of clovers and grass in rotation or in permanent perman-ent pasture are practices for restoring humus. Green manure crops plowed under provide a rapid method. The application of lime and phosphate and potash pot-ash is a means for stimulating the growth of grass and legumes and thus plays an important part in conserving soil and water. wa-ter. It means proper "razing of pasture and range so that the protective cover is not destroyed or reduced below the danger line which usually is to leave about 50 per cent of the top growth to provide nourishment to the roots and to keep up the ! humus in the soil. Save Soil With Sod A good grass and clover sod helps to put more water in the soil and less soil in the water, says, Mr. Bertoch. - It is obvious that not all our land can be turned out to pasture, pas-ture, the chairman explains, but more acres in grass and legumes ' and better care of these crops would be both profitable and j protective on most farms. "Too many farmers overlook the income possible from good I pasture and the added profit I and protection to the land from a little extra care of the pasture and hay land." From a conservaion standpoint, stand-point, says the chairman, the best protection possible is a good sod. When bombarded by raindrops, the surface soil is not broken up and washed away as on unprotected land and water wa-ter from rain or snow soaks into the soih The sponge-like structure struc-ture crested by grass and legume le-gume ropts increases the water-holding water-holding capacity of the soil. If there is excess water, stems and roots hold back the water thus preventing gullies from getting started, |