S'^rc MEETING continued 



A total budget of $36,000 for the next bienneum 

 was approved for submission to the Budget 

 Director. 



An application for a P. L. 566 project on Birch 

 Creek in Pondera County was approved for 

 planning. 



A change of priority of Watershed projects for 

 planning was approved as follows: 



BOX ELDER SWCD is having a Businessmen's 

 Tour the latter part of August or first pai't of 

 September. There was considerable discussion 

 concerning the control of Burdock, Leafy Spurge 

 and Russian Knapweed in the County. The 

 Secretai'y was asked to send a letter to everyone 

 in the County informing the land owners of the 

 dangers of these weeds and including a question- 

 naire with the letter which asks the following 

 questions: 1. Do you want compulsory weed 

 control? This would be handled through taxation 

 by the County Commissioners. 2. Would you 

 make a consistent effort to control your weeds 

 voluntarily ? 



FERGUS COUNTY SWCD - A discussion about 

 District Supervisors missing too many board 

 meetings was held. It was the opinion of 

 supervisors present that some sort of action would 

 be necessary to get supervisors to realize their 

 responsibilities as elected officials of the farmers 

 and ranchers of Fergus County. - Dale Dunn of 

 BLM reported that seven dams have been contracted 

 for construction in Crooked Creek Grazing 

 District. 



BIG HORN COUNTY SWCD 

 OUTSTANDING DISTRICT 



The Big Horn County Soil and Water Conservation 

 District has been named the State's outstanding 

 district in The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's 

 annual Soil Conservation Awards Program for 1963. 



Harold Benzel, Hardin , selected as the outstanding 

 farmer-cooperator in the district, and A. G. 

 Slattery, Hardin, member of the district's governing 

 board, will be guests of the rubber company on a 

 four day tour of Goodyear Farms, near Phoenix, 

 Arizona, in December. 



The Chouteau County SWCD was awarded second 

 place in the Goodyear Conservation program. 



DISTRICT DOINGS 



LIBERTY COUNTY SWCD have assumed the 

 travel expenses of delegates to 4-H Conservation 

 Camp held at Little Bitterroot at Kalispell. The 

 delegates were Marlene Bond and Lynda Lybeck, 

 return camper. 



They have provided a teacher scholarship for 

 Conservation Workshops, stipulations being that 

 the teacher will be employed or teaching in the 

 county next year and a written or oral report be 

 given for the District Board. 



The district ordered 200 pens inscribed "Liberty 

 County Soil and Water Conservation District", 

 for the entrants of the Conservation Poster 

 Contest. 



McCONE SWCD - A statement by James F. Battin 

 made before the Agriculture Appropriations 

 Subcommittee, was read by the Secretary. She 

 was instructed to write a letter of appreciation 

 to Mr. Battin for his efforts in trying to obtain 

 more technical assistance for the Districts. 

 CHOUTEAU COUNTY SWCD Supervisor Robert 

 Anderson reports a good business selling maps 

 showing ownerships of all land in the county. 

 He writes we took a large county map and had a 

 girl do the printing for us. She used ASCS plat books 

 for owner information. We paid her a dollar an 

 hour and her bill was less than $100. The Great 

 Falls Tribune then reduced the map to the present 

 size and printed 4, 000 copies for $190. We have 

 less than 10^ per map invested and are selling 

 them for $3.00. We have maps in drug stores, 

 service stations, etc. , and those that are being 

 sold by other people are on a contract basis, they 

 keep one dollar and we get two. Those we sell 

 ourselves of course bring in the full $3.00. 

 The FFA and 4-H clubs in the county are giving 

 them a big push so we expect to do very well. 

 As a matter of fact, this business looks better 

 than farming and ranching'. 



HILL County SWCD reports a grass drill pur- 

 chased from District funds and over 400 acres 

 has been signed up for use of the drill. 



BLAINCE COUNTY SWCD: Herb DeVries brought 

 up the following business which was discussed: 

 1. Should the supervisors visit some of the work 

 of the district? 2. Cooperators need to know more 

 of the function of the supervisors. 3. Suggest 

 a monthly written report to supervisors by the 

 SCS unit. A motion was made and passed that 

 the above three points should be done. 



