| Show RE REPORT PORT COVE COVERING RING THE assistance GIVEN TO FARMERS LAST YEAR the following report was sub j milled by hora horace ce M andrews Andrew 3 as distant soil oil c e ns ng and covers the work of the department and the help extended to the farmers of san juan county last year during the past year 32 farmers have signed their farms up with the san juan county sil conser district to conserve soil and moisture I 1 during this period the tha district has furnished these operating cooperating co I 1 failers f aimers with five tons of range grass seed machinery to construct 19 stock water clear acres f sabe grush land and to drill acres to grass in addition to the range seeding the district has furnished furnish bd grass and clover seed to establish 40 acres of irrigated pasture awen ty five thousand shrubs and trees were given to the farmers fo for stream bank protection and erosion sion control the assistance of technically trained men was given to farmers to establish proper grazing plans on acres new irrigation systems on acres crp rotation systems on 1100 acres 3 miles of stream bank protection and acres of contour cult contour cultivation and modified forms of it have proven that it will greatly increase bean yields per acre with acres acre s of beans to be planted in san juan I 1 county next season there is a great opportunity for farmers to increase their income by contour sr the services of qualified engineers to help farmers establish I 1 contour farming and solve erosion I 1 problems will be furnished to farmers by the soil conservation district next year assistance is isa made available to farmers from the according to the demand made by the farmers this is the farmers organization so make the most of it and get your farm in the fight for freedom freedm |
