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Show Soil Class Will Be Held For People Of County Announcement of an extension exten-sion class in soil and water conservation con-servation for the people of Duchesne Du-chesne County was made this week by County Agent Louis A. Jensen. The class will be conducted con-ducted by the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural College. The first session will be held Thursday, October 30, at 4:30 p. m. in the Duchesne High School. Classes will be held every Thursday thereafter to December 11, with the exception of Thanksgiving week. Each class period is from 4:30 to 6:30 and from 7:30 to' 9:30. College credit may be obtained in this class by registering and paying the required fee. Those not interested in-terested in obtaining credit are invited to attend without cost. Following are some of the topics to be treated: October 30 "Effect of Inorganic Materials Mater-ials on the Formation of Soils," Dr. Stewart Williams, head of the Geology Department, USAC: "Effect of Plants and Animals on Formation of Soils." G. E. Untermann, director, Utah Field House of Natural History at Vernal. November 7 "Soil Fertility," Fertil-ity," Dr. D. W. Thorne. head of the Soils Department, USAC November 13 "Where and How Plants Grow," Golden Kil-burn. Kil-burn. extension conservationist; "Watershed Management," William Wil-liam Hurst, supervisor, Ashley National Forest. November 21 "Soil Characteristics, Charact-eristics, Types and Classes," John Swenson, Soil Conservation Service. November 22 Field Day. November 24 "Effective Use of Irrigation Water and its Relation Re-lation to Plant Growth." James Barker, extension irrigation specialist, spe-cialist, and George Lawrence. Soil Conservation Service. December 4 "Forage Plants and Efficient Range Utilization," Utiliz-ation," Earl Spendlove. Soil Conservation Service; "Wildlife and its Relation to Human Welfare," Wel-fare," Jesse Lowe. Wildlife Management Man-agement Department, USAC. December 11 "Land Management Manage-ment Practices to Control Erosion," Ero-sion," and "Practical Demonstrations Demon-strations of Soil and Water Conservation," Con-servation," Golden Kilburn, Louis A. Jensen, and others. |