Show A C A NEWS I 1 go government t price support of the 1919 crop of wheat will vill bs be 1 a bushel to farmers in san I 1 juan county according to mr wilford milford frost chairman of the county agricultural conserva tion lion committee loans will be a v aimable vail ahle through the commodity credit corporation through januj ary 1950 and will mature on april 30 1950 or earlier on demand the national avera average e roan loan rate to farmers for 1949 crop wheat is a bushel which is 90 percent of parity as of july 1 the beginning of the marketing year I 1 last years rate was two dollars wheat support prices at terminal markets will range from to a bushel for 1949 crop no I 1 wheat stored in eligible warehouses at specified terminal markets the rate quoted d for kansas city los angeles and san fransisco is per bushel only wheat grading no 3 or better or no 4 or no 5 because of test tast weight or because it contains wheat of the hiie two classes durum and red durum wil bel be eligible for loan or purchase A schedule of premiums and discounts counts for various qualities of the 1949 crop wheat differing slightly from those in effect aorl for the 1948 crop will be issued at an early date after the old grass roots humus and other vegetable matter have been sifted out theres not much left to hold the soil in al a heavy wind says mr frost year after year plowing disc aing weeding and stirring speed up the processes which reduce humus and break down soil particles into wind moving 1 size for a few years after land has boen been broken out of sod it will often hold together pretty well there are enough of the old grass I 1 roots to hold the soil particles together but after a time these tiny roots decay or are worked to th the surface where they are blown away the surface soil becomes powdery then a heavy wind comes along and the soil is lifted in great clouds of dust in a heavy wind the chairman I 1 explains these soil particles become I 1 a sort of sand blast to cut away the surface of other fields unless stopped this cutting effect nover moves across the country with destructive effect I 1 but this land can be protected against wind erosion by carrying out a number of approved conservation measures mr frost explains in areas subject to wind erosion rotations which include I 1 a sod should be followed protected strips field strip cropping aro ara effective in keeping the wind from getting a start in blowing blowin r the soil away incorporating t the he straw or other crop residues in into a rough cloddy surface helps to hold the soil against the wind shelter belts are effective in the immediato immediate area the agricultural conservation program the chairman advises provides assistance to farmers in carrying out the conservation practices best designed to protect land against wind erosion |