look: 



listen: 



Bu ihat is the b3rwor.d In our area at this 



time of the year. If a busy person is a happy person, there 

 should be a lot of happy people around eastern Montana. This 

 likely holds true all over the state. With peak ranch and 

 farm work, coupled with graduation activities involving thou- 

 sands of people, everyone seems to be "on the go". In the 

 midst of all this rush, it would be well to .STOP ! 



To do what? To be grateful for the abundance which is 

 ours in this land; to analyze what we have done in the last 

 few years, or perhaps rather, what we should have done; to 

 resolve to revise our methods and practices where they need 

 revision; and conservation-wise, to be open to suggestion 

 for progressive soil and water conserving practices. Let's 

 STOP in the rush and do these things. 



Let's LOOK ! Look at what? We could urge looking well at 

 publications of value to us in our work, looking at methods 

 of successful neighbors, looking at many .positive and beauti- 

 ful things, but something else has continued to be woyth a 

 serious look. One only needs to take a short trip from most 

 toxins to notice the filth strewn along the roads — beer and 

 pop cans, bottles, empty carton^ and sacks. Some of this 

 is caused through thoughtlessness, but with campaigns and 

 advertising against littering, and despite legislation to prevent it, a great deal must still be 

 caused through deliberate littering. It is up to all of us to exert all Influence we can 6ti 

 those in our immediate families, and amongst our acquaintances to preach and practice cleanliness 

 where our roads and streams are concerned. 



Let's listen ! Listen to what? We have been hearing some wonderful sermons on Soil Stewardship, 

 some excellent commencement addresses, and various worthwhile bits of advice. If we are con- 

 cerned about the future of our area, state, and nation, we must not only listen, but have an 

 open mind. Concerning the preservation of our natural resources, the motives are still good 

 today which caused the organization of the Soil and Water Districts twenty-five years ago. Just 

 as this is commencement time for the schools, it is commencement time for Montana Soil and Water 

 Conservation Districts. We are commencing our second twenty-five years. It is appropriate 

 that the next state convention be held back in Glendive, the same city where the first meeting 

 was held. It is a good place to give some good ideas, and certainly a place to LISTEN to some. 



MILO HILSTAD 

 Director. MASWCD 



Mark on your calendar NOW the Stc 



Glendive, November 16, 17, and 18, 1966. 



* A ft * 



HOW ;- COST ? 



$603 for each acre lost, according tc 

 St t of the damage is the net loss in raari 



call tl:c 'social productivity of capital" - $340. Tlie r 

 In local Government tax 'jase ($57) and income lost from ;: 

 ($ 116). Thus, the total loss to the farmer and the coinr 

 of existence ... From National Wildlife Federation's ConservaLion 



\ ' s E c onom i c Re s e ar ch 

 ction of what economi;: 

 St is made up of the loss 

 apital, labor, and management 

 3 for every acre eroded out 



Did you hear about me latner 

 who fainted when his son asked for 

 the jraratre keys and came out with 



There would be many more gen- 

 iuses in this world if people re- 

 tained as much of what they read 

 as of what they ate. 



