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O. M. Ueland, Editor, Montana Tech. 



OFFICIAL NEWS B U L L E T I N I 



NOVEMBER, 1966 



KEN COULTER WROTE AN ARTICLE ENTITLED " SOIL DISTRICTS HAVE COME OF 

 AGE" IN THE JULY-AUGUST 1966 ISSUE OF TREASURE ACRES. THERE WAS MUCH 

 FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN THIS ARTICLE WHICH TIES IN WITH OUR 25th. ANNIVER- 

 SARY MEETING IN GLENDIVE. 



DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE 25 YEARS OLD? MOST OF YOU HAD 

 COMPLETED YOUR EDUCATION AND MANY HAD A FEW YEARS OF PRACT- 

 ICAL EXPERIENCE BEHIND YOU. YOU WERE READY TO GO OUT AND SET 

 THE WORLD ON FIRE. AS YOU OLDER SUPERVISORS WILL TESTIFY THE 

 WOOD WAS PRETTY DAMP AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND SETTING 

 THE WORLD ON FIRE WAS NOT AN EASY CHORE. LIKEWISE, IT HAS 

 BEEN A LONG HARD STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS WE NOW 

 ENJOY IN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN MONTANA. WE 

 HAVE CERTAINLY LEARNED THAT SUCCESS DOES NOT COME 

 EASILY AND CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE WILL 

 REQUIRE GREAT EFFORT. SOME OF THE OLDER SUPER- 

 VISORS WHO HAVE SERVED SO FAITHFULLY FOR 15, 20 

 and 25 YEARS WILL BE STEPPING ASIDE TO TURN THE 

 REINS OVER TO YOUNGER MEN. TO THESE YOUNGER 

 MEN WE GIVE SOME WORDS OF WISDOM. THE JOB 

 AHEAD DURING THE NEXT 25 YEARS IS OF GREAT- 

 ER IMPORTANCE THAN DURING THE LAST 2 5 

 YEARS. WHY? ? THE FIRST 25 YEARS HAVE 

 BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY FOOD SURPLUSES 

 IN OUR COUNTRY. THE NEXT 25 YEARS 

 WILL VERY LIKELY BE CHARACTERIZED 

 BY A STRUGGLE TO PRODUCE SUFFICI- 

 ENT FOOD. PREDICTIONS ARE THAT 

 FOR EVERY 100 PEOPLE ON EARTH 

 TODAY THERE WILL BE 216 BY THE 

 YEAR 2000, WHICH IS ONLY 34 

 YEARS FROM NOW. PEOPLE 

 MUST BE EDUCATED TO THE 

 NEED AND VALUE OF SOIL 

 AND WATER CONSERVA- 

 TION TO MEET THE 

 CHALLENGE DURInG 

 THE NEXT QUARTER 

 CENTURY OF FEED- 

 ING AN EXPLOD- 

 ING POPULATION. 



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