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OFFICIAL NEWS 8„ULLETIN i 



DECEMBER, 1964 



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Newly elected officers of the MASWCD are from left 

 to right: Ralph Briggs, Vice-President, Bill Kesler 

 President, Frank Thompson, Past President. 



YOUR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SEZ: 



Agriculture is the foundation of all prosperity. 

 The late Henry Ford once said, "Soil is the source 

 of wealth - not banks. " The value of all the land in 

 the United States has been put at one-half trillion 

 dollars. This figure is nearly twice the assets of all 

 the commercial banks combined. 



With our expanding population and the need for 

 housing, highways, cities, factories, schools and 

 etc. many fertile acres are taken out of production 

 of food and fiber each year to make room for these 

 needs. In my opinion, these two issues, our national 

 population growth and a healthy agriculture out rank 

 all others. With fewer farms and farmers your land 

 with its good water right is the most valuable thing 

 you own and as such, every acre should be given the 

 best of care. This can be done with sound conserv- 

 tion practices and the help of research and techno- 

 logical experts. 



A good New Year's resolution might be for each of 

 us to resolve that when that time comes we will 

 turn these acres over to the next generation more 

 productive and better than we received them. 



New officers of the Ladies Auxiliary of the MASWCD 

 are from left to right: Mrs. Eugene Larsen, Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer, Mrs. Harold Jensen, President 

 & Mrs. Art Osburnsen, Vice President. 



PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY SPEAKS: 



The Ladies Auxiliary of the Montana Association 

 of Soil and Water Conservation Districts foremost 

 objective is to correlate our activities with the 

 MASWCD in the cause of conservation. 



This is done in various ways; some members 

 assist in doing clerical work, such as letter writ- 

 ing, news letters, radio and TV broadcasts; others 

 keep in the social graces at meetings and conventioos. 



This coming year will bring the Area V conven- 

 tion to our state and already we of the auxiliary are 

 formulating plans to make it the best ever. 



Did you know that Robinson Crusoe orig- 

 inated the 4-day work week? He had 

 all his work done by Friday! 



