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yOUR ASSCX:iATION PRESIDENT SEZ: 



Another NACD Convention has come and gone. 

 Kansas and Missouri hosts for the convention are 

 to be congratulated on a job very well done. It 

 was one of the best attended and most active meet- 

 ings ever held, with 1600 registered and many 

 friends and visitors. 



We in Montana can well be proud of the delegation 

 that was there to represent us. The 21 people who 

 took an active part in all of the meetings I am sure 

 brought home some new ideas. 



Montana was again fortunate in having two news- 

 letters as winners: Sheridan County as a first and 

 Granite County as a second place winner. 



There were many outstanding speakers, with the 

 highlight of the convention, a speech given by 

 Governor Scranton of Pennsylvania. 



This one paragraph can best sum up the meeting: 



There is a job in this for everyone. Our conser- 

 iration needs are great enough to challenge the best 

 efforts of us all. Whatever reliance we place on 

 improving technology to meet the food and fiber 

 needs of the future, we must have the soil and water 

 Continued next column 



Judge W. W. Lessley addresses 

 Lower Musselshell SWCD Annual Meeting 



Judge W, W. Lessley of Bozeman is a popular 

 speaker at Soil and Water Conservation Annual 

 meetings around the state. His topic at these 

 gatherings concerns "Water Rights" on which he 

 is an authority. 



Other popular speakers noted being engaged at 

 several district annual meetings are Dr. Will Clark 

 of Eastern Montana College at Billings, and O. Leon 

 Anderson, former Area Conservationist for SCS. 



Also Robert McClelland, NACD program advisor, 

 from De nver , is much in demand in Montana as a 

 speaker at annual meetings. He spoke at a series 

 during the week of Feb. 17. 



In most cases annual meetings of districts show a 

 marked renewal of interest. People are getting 

 more Conservation Conscious. 



resources on which to practice the modern methods 

 and use the new machines and chemicals. And two- 

 thirds of our land still needs basic conservation 

 treatment. Soil and Water Conservation Districts 

 hold the key to the future of our land and water 

 resources. 



