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RALPH BRIGGS 



Area III Director, MASWCD 



Chairman, Program & Research Comm. 



"PROGRAM AND RESEARCH" 



The Triangle Area Meeting was well attended at Havre, 

 Registration was above last year with fifty registered. 

 The Hill County Soil and Water Conservation District 

 Board did a fine job of programming. 



As your Vice-President, I gave the Association report 

 in the absence of youx President, Bill Kesler. 



The program was arranged a little different than pre- 

 vious ones, which helped to create some new interest. 

 Upon registering, your name was written on a name tag 

 of one of three different colors. These colors repre- 

 sented the group you were to attend. Discussions were held 

 in each group and recommendations were made. As usual, 

 time was a premium; and many thought that additional time 

 was needed. 



The topic which seemed to have been discussed most was 

 the Conservancy District bill and its various alternatives. 

 Senator Gordon McGowan spoke on the present bill as drafted 

 and said that, due to objections by various agencies, it 

 would be necessary to change the bill and a new one drawn 

 up for consideration. 



In my book. Conservancy Districts should be handled by the local Soil and Water Conservation 

 District supervisors when there is necessity for creating a Conservancy District within a Soil 

 and Water Conservation District. Today, there is much duplication in governmental and state 

 responsibilities, which make additional work when certain machinery to accomplish the same goal 

 is already in motion. 



Now for a few thoughts I have on Research. It seems that research on the part of our state 

 and federal people moves at a pace which sometimes becomes out of date before it is published. 

 In this day of fast technological advances, it becomes necessary for us to take inventory on 

 the progress of research. We must assume the space age race of acceleration if we are to be 

 prepared for the future demands that the world will make on agriculture. 



there has been many Instances when private industry has proven that they can solve a problem 

 with less expense and routine paper work. Research Centers over the nation must be in a posi- 

 tion to take the initiative on conservation problems. Implement and fertilizer companies, to 

 list only two, are publishing material which, in most cases, iS of value to the farmer. Suffi- 

 cient money is being spent by these companies to do an outstanding job. Why do I mention 

 these examples? It is because unless research appropriations are made more available to the 

 centers, we are going to be behind in making recommendations for solving the future problems 

 of agriculture. 



Research is at the cross roads with private companies. 



Well, Convention time is not far off, November 16, 17, and 18 in Glendlve. I hope it will be 

 possible for you to attend. 



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Teacher : "Do you know why we 

 -call our language the 'Mother 

 Tongue?'" 



Pupil: "Because father never 

 gets a chance to use it." 



"Well," sighed the weary trav- 

 eler, "have you ever spent two 

 weeks in a station wagon with 

 those you thought you loved best?' 



