The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-04-24

sound conservation according |,
to the needs of the land. To
help carry this aim out, the
Soil Conservation Service as
signs trained conservation
technicians to the districts, at
the request of the district SUI
perViSorS, to the extent that It's
funds will permit. The Exten-
sion Service extends Its AID IN
carrying on the district educa-
ton program. PIMA cOnSerVa-
ton payments help in the APP
| plication of conservation plans.
The Farmers Home Admins
tration encourages it's clients to
| cooperate with soil conSerVa-
ton districts. Many other agen-
| cieS, business and banking or
carnations, civic organizations,
churches and schools are AID
ing in the education program
and in encouraging the appll-
cation of conservation to the
land.
Soil Conservation Service
personnel supplied to the SOIL
conservation districts are men
trained to use the discoveries
of all the sciences concerning
soil and agriculture for the
conservation of land, in much
the same way a physician
draws on the discoveries in the
medical sciences in treating
human patients. And like the
physician, the Soil Conserva-
ton Service technician in the
field has at his call the SER
vices of specialists to help solve
the more difficult conservation
problems. .
Helping develop a soil and
water conservation plan for a
farm or ranch is a proposition
of diagnosis, prescription, and
treatment. First step after a re-.
quest for aid is received, OF
course, is diagnosis. For this,
the Soil Conservation Service
examines the land-the slopes,
the surface soil and what lies
under the surface. and the
erosion that has already oc-
Cured. This, and other exam
ination, supplies the informa-
ton about the land capabili-
ties and the causes of the con-
servation problems enabling
the teehnicians to prescribe the
proper conservation measures.
He also gives the necessary
technical aid in applying the
conservation to the land.
knowledge of land capabili-
ties is essential. A sound, last
ing conservation program can
not be developed without such
knowledge, for, like people,
different kinds of land very in
their capabilities. Some land
can stand intensive cultivation
indefinitely, with reasonable
care. Other land is incapable of
standing up under such use.
How many times have you
heard the statement that ii he
follows his doctors advice, a
man with a heart disease can
live a long, useful life? Many
times. But the man first must
know that he has a heart dis
ease, which takes diagnosis.
within the range of his capa-
bilities. 1t is the same with
land-the capabilities must be
known so that it's use will be
within those capabilities and 1t
can last. Knowing the capa-
bilities, the SCS technician can
propose the right kinds OF con-
servation protection
This sort of conservation
pays from the start. The rec
ords show production of the
land is increased and operat-
ing costs are reduced. That il
for the benefit not only OF the
present residents on the land
but for the future generation;
as we'll, because land used In
this way can be used continu'
ously with its productivity
being maintained, or even i'm
proved, throughout the years
Experiences of the Soil Con
servation Service and farmer;
and ranchers with complete
scientifically sound conServa
ton treatment led to adoptio,
by the Service of the slogan
"Use each acre according to IT.
capabilities and treat each acr'