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9:30 A.M. 



10:00 A.M. 

 10:15 A.M. 



Newsletter Awards— Charles Lane, 



Maxville 



Supervisor Awards— Gordon Holte, 



Plentywood 



County Agent Award— Milo Hilstad, 



Circle 



Work Unit Conservationist Award— Bob 



Anderson, Fort Benton 



Recognition of Past Presidents 



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 



Director's Breakfast — Jordan Hotel 

 Courtesy of Glendive Chamber of Com- 

 merce, Ralph Briggs, Presiding 



Lewis & Clark District Slide 

 Presentation 



Talk by Burl Winchester, Extension 

 Specialist, Montana State University, 

 "How Do We Communicate?" 



Contractor— District Agreements— Talk 

 by Frank Thompson, Lewis & Clark 

 SWCD 



Coffee Break— Courtesy of Production 

 Credit Associations of Montana 



President's Report— William J. Keder 

 Ladies Auxiliary Report— Mrs. Harold 

 Jensen, President 



Secretary's Report— R. C. Setterstrom 

 Treasurer's Report— Wendell Martinell 



Business Session 

 Action on Resolutions 

 Select 1967 Convention Site 

 Other 



Luncheon 



Master of Ceremonies — John Kubesh, 



Local Supervisor 



Invocation— Rev. M. J. Burke. Sacred 



Heart Catholic Church 



Talk by Dr. Wilson Clark, President, 



Conservation Education Association, 



"Conservation Education— How Do We 



Do It?" 



Drawing for Door Prizes 



ADJOURNMENT 



WILLIAM J. KESLER, PRESIDENT SEZ 



Our needs for soil and water are both increas- 

 ing rapidly. Every morning when we sit down to 

 breakfast, we have almost 9,000 new mouths to 

 feed. Just a few years ago the rate of Increase 

 was only 8,000 per day. 



With this increase in population, did you know 

 that highways, airports, schools, housing, etc., 

 are taking more than 3,000 acres of good farm 

 land out of production each day - 365 days of the 

 year? We have more acres in golf courses than 

 there are in the entire state of Maryland, 



Experiment Stations, Extension Service, Fer- 

 tilizer, Chemical, and Implement Companies, Soil 

 Conservation Service, etc., have done a wonder- 

 ful job in Increasing the yield per acre; but, 

 do you realize that everything they recommend 

 requires "more water"? 



Did you know It takes about 4,000 gallons of 

 water to put one pound of beef on your table? 

 It takes 15,000 gallons of water to produce one 

 barrel of gasoline; it takes 37 gallons of water 

 to produce one slice of bread; It takes about 

 5,500 gallons of water to produce one sack of 

 sugar; it takes 40 gallons of water to produce 

 one pound of paper pulp. Weigh your Sunday 

 paper and see how much water it too to pro- 

 duce it. I should add that according to reports 

 it takes about 17 million gallons per man each 

 year in our chemical plants. 



The Science Committee in our Congress made this 

 report - "It is likely that the United States will 

 be the first civilized nation to find Itself In 

 difficulty due to fresh water shortage. This 

 shortage will be felt in 1970". 



This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 

 Annual Soil and Water Conservation Districts 

 meetings. To celebrate the occasion, the site 

 of the meeting this year is in the same city 

 as It was 25 years ago - "Glendive". I sin- 

 cerely hope you will find it possible to attend. 

 Bill Kesler 



