DISTRICT DOINGS 



The RESERVE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT 

 (now the Sheridan County Soil & Water Conserva- 

 tion District) has been named grand award con- 

 servation district for 1961-1962. 



This district was named by state agricultural 

 leaders who reviewed the work of farmers and 

 supervisors of seven districts entered in the 15th 

 annual Soil Conservation Awards Program of the 

 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron Ohio. 



Two men from the district, Dale F. Bummer, 

 Westby, and Jack Rasmussen, Antelope, will be 

 guests of the rubber company on a four -day tour 

 to Goodyear Farms in December to study con- 

 servation on the 14, 000 acre desert farm. 



Secnnd place honors were won by the Roosevelt 

 Soil & Water Conservation Districts, which named 

 Eldon Picard, Bainville, as the outstanding farmer- 

 cooper ator. 



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 John Marks writes in the Townsend Star: 



Conservation Camp was held this year at Bitter- 

 root Youth Camp in Flathead county. This camp 

 is located about thirty miles from Kalispell and 

 is situated in a beautiful spot in the mountains. 



I won my trip in January by giving a demonstra- 

 tion on "How Organic Matter Helps Soil Structure". 

 Arlene Bieber was the other camper from this 

 county and Vic Hoxsey, who took us to camp. 



There were more than one hundred 4-H members, 

 Country Extension Agents and leaders from over 

 Montana attending this camp, as well as three 

 Canadian 4-H members. 



There was a choice of four workshops: Range 

 Management, Fish and Wildlife, Forestry and 

 Soil and Water Conservation. I chose Range 

 Management, taught by Don Ryerson, assistant 

 professor of range management and Malcolm 

 Adams, County Agent of Toole County. 



The scholarships to conservation camp are paid 

 for by Charles L. Horn, president of Federal 

 Cartridge Corporation of Minneapolis. Trans- 

 portation to and from camp was paid by Soil 

 Conservation District of BROADWATER County. 



"If the government can legislate two yearly tax 

 tributes, it can doubtless legislate us a couple of Sum- 

 mers each year and a double harvest time. How else 

 are we going to meet these ever increasing taxes?" 

 —Hybres to Mark Anthony in 42 B. C. 



In Granite Soil & Water Conservation District, 

 ditch lining is underway on the Southside Canal, 

 using earthen clay compacted in place with heavy 

 equipment. Bud Lane, contractor of Three Forks 4 

 is doing the work. 



Clyde Sandon, supervisor of BOX ELDER SWCD 

 in Carter County, feels that a big problem dis- 

 tricts have is in the way we misrepresent our 

 ranges and conservation improvements and 

 criticize our ranchers for not doing a good job. 

 Clyde points to the bigger and better calves we 

 are weaning, and the bigger lambs that are coming 

 off the ranges. There must be an awful lot of 

 good range management over what there has been 

 to do this. Sandon is also a member of the Grass 

 Conservation Commission which administers the 

 State Grazing Districts. They have done a won- 

 derful job. 



A special meeting was called by Chairman Jeffers 

 of the MADISON SWCD to discuss ways and means 

 of dealing with range fires. Representatives from 

 Fire districts, Sheriffs Office, County Commis- 

 sioners, Forest Service, Soil Conservation Ser- 

 vice, and Extension Service attended. 



Larry Osburnsen, Area Conservationist, at 

 Missoula believes that officers of Public Land 

 Agencies should be re-alerted, or reminded to 

 fill out From 2 of th NACD survey which districts M 

 have asked them to do. Will you Forest Service, 

 BLM, Indian Service, Bureau of Reclamation, 

 people who read this take notice ? And Soil Con- 

 servation Service on private lands ? District 

 Chairmen might get on the phone too'. 



Customer: "Why do you have an apple for your 

 trademark?" 



Tailor: "If it hadn't been for an apple, where do 

 you suppose the clothing business would be today?" 



GLACIER COUNTY SWCD at their last meeting 

 signed agreements with Don Kraft and Axel Hanson 

 and reviewed a Conservation plan for Dale and 

 Herman Vermulm. Gordon Maston WUC and Lyle 

 VanDover, BIA technician reported on conserva- 

 tion activities within the district. Plans for the 

 Triangle SWCD Supervisors meeting in October 

 was discussed. 



LEWIS & CLARK SWCD conducted a twilight range 

 tour with Joe Zacek, SCS range specialist on the 

 Frank Thompson Ranch August 15. A legislative 

 condidates tour is also being planned. Subscrip- 

 tions to "Soil Conservation" were purchased for 

 secretary, supervisors, and legislative candidates. * 



There are no hopeless situations; there are only men 

 who have grown hopeless about them. 



-CLAIRE BOOTH IUCE 



