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Frank Thompson 



YOUR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SEZ: 



The year 1964 is almost half ovei'; with the ex- 

 tremes in weather conditions that we have had 

 this spring, there are few of us that are not way 

 behind in our spring work. The adverse conditions 

 this year, with the shortage of hay and spring 

 pasture, surely point out that we could do a much 

 better job in planning our ranch programs in the 

 future. It is like the fellow sez: "I would rather 

 be $2, 000 long on feed than $1, 000 short." 



Fellow supervisors let's keep those dues rolling 

 in until we make 100% this year. We will need 

 full support from each district with the big leg- 

 islative program coming up as well as financial 

 responsibilities, if we are to attain our goals. 



I am greatly encouraged by the many letters and 

 offers of help that the Association has received 

 from the various organizations concerning our 

 legislative program for the coming session. 



Our midsummer director meeting will be Satur- 

 day, June 20, in Lewistown. Since a legislative 

 year is coming up, definite plans for follow up on 

 resolutions and policy will need to be given atten- 

 tion and priorities set. 



MONTANA CONSERVATION COUNCIL MEETING 

 LEWISTOWN 

 April 17-18, 1964 



Reported by Dick Setterstrom 



There have been times when some people in the 

 Soil and Water Conservation District Associa- 

 tion have wondered why the Montana Conserva- 

 tion Council should concern itself with range 

 management as it did at the 1964 conference or 

 with water at the 1963 conference. As an active 

 member of both organizations, I feel that both 

 groups are doing an effective job of complement- 

 ing and supplementing the work of each other. 



William Wrigley was once asked by a traveling 

 companion on a fast train why he continued to 

 spend so much for advertising when everyone 

 knew about Wrigley's gum. The reply was this. 

 "We are now traveling about 80 miles per hour. 

 Why doesn't the railroad take the locomotive off 

 the train?" 



To get soil and water conservation sold, accepted, 

 and practiced requires all of the cooperation and 

 ingenuity we can muster up from any group that 

 we can interest in our objectives. 



The Lewistown meeting was well attended by high 

 calibre people who are in a position to do a lot 

 of good. Dr. Leon Johnson, President of MSC, 

 gave a very good keynote address. His keen 

 analytical mind brought forth a few new ideas 

 worth repeating. "Biology is one of the most 

 complex sciences because it cannot be studied 

 in parts. There is no balance in nature. No two 

 square yards of land are exactly alike, and they 

 are continually changing. Plants are all different. 

 Soil is different and is constantly changing. " 

 the moral - In this constantly changing environ- 

 ment we had better get off our fat fannies and be 

 more alert. 



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