The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-25
Congress To Take Immediate
 Action On Agriculture Relief

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 The soil conservation service of the Department of Agriculture is now completing final plans for the demonstration of scientific soil con- servation methods and practices in northern Connecticut. Tn July of this year the Service, in cooperation with the State Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station, selected an area of more than 5000 acres in the watershed of the Scantic river as the site for new soil and water conservation demonstration project. HeadQuar- ters for the project have been es- tablished at Rockville, and the actual demonstration work will be carried on in Hartford and Holland Counties.
 The area has been surveyed from the air and conservation studies have been made to serve as 8 basis for erosion control operations. These operations will probably start about the middle of October. Individual farmers within the project area will enter into five year agreements with the Service, and the Service will pro- vide all the necessary technical planning assistance needed to es- tablish each cooperating farm as a complete demonstration. The Serv- ice will also provide small share of the necessary labor, equipment and supplies. The cooperating far mers, in turn, will furnish theil share of the materials, labor ano equipment needed, and agree to fol. low the erosion control plans fol five years.
 The benefits of this soil conser. vation work will not be confined tc the project area, however, because of the practices that wifi be demon- strated can easily be adapted by farmers in @ surrounding territory ot more than one and one-half mil. lion acres.
 Land-Use Work in Connecticut
 One land-use project is under way in Connecticut. This project is 10. cated in Hartford, Middlesex, New London, Holland and Windhan Counties in Eastern Connecticut The project is located on four sep. arate sites within these counties and the project headquarters are at Nor. Wich, Connecticut.
 The land that is being purchased ranges from sandy plains to irreg- ular, extremely stony highlands The soils are sandy, gravelly ol rocky, and are infertile, shallow and subject to drought because of the porous subsoil. Agriculture has beer declining steadily and the farm population has been unable to pro- duce. an adequate standard of living During the past year, families have been able to live only by supple menting their incomes through work on various relief projects. The le- vels of living are low and houses are often rundown shacks. Sanitation is poor. water supply inadequate diets limited and social advantages are very few.
 The four areas being acquired are scientifically attractive and well. adapted to forestry. They are suited to development aS recreational, for est and Will-life conservation areas Site 1: Vountown will be developed as an extension to the adjacen Pachaug State Forest, by a program of forest improvement. Site Two Quaddick Reservoir, will be devel oped primarily as demonstration forest. Site Three: Holbrook Pond will be developed primarily for fiss and game management purposes Site Four: Salmon River, will form a nucleus for future public acquisl' ton for stream and wildlife con. servation purposes. Recreationa areas and wayside parks will be es. abolished on several sites. ThC completed project will provide 6 and-use demonstration applicable to the submarginal land typical oi this section of New England.
 As of August 1, 1887, the estimat- ed number of acres to be purchased was 10,291. Options have been ac- cepted, covering the entire project an d56 per cent of the cases have been paid for and closed. As of thu same date, the development work or the project was 75 per cent com plete and 118 men were employed. Rural Rehabilitation
 Tn the carrying out of the Rura Rehabilitation program in Connec' ticut, loans have been made to in' dividuals amounting to approximate. ly $236, 1891 and grants to individual aggregating about ..3,532. Ther' were 25l loan cases and 3 gran cases. These figures are of Sep tember l, 1887.
 Farm Debt Adjustment
 The Farm Debt Odjustment pro gfiram from September l, 1885 t August 30, 1887 brought about 2, 535 cases under consideration ant of these @ total of 4,3e4 debts wer' adjusted. Prior to adjustment, tn, l s@------r--------------