CONSERVATION CHARLEY by Harry Corry 



"Getcher programs herel Ya can't tell the 

 players without a program." 



That age old cry of the baseball, football 

 and basketball games would not have survived 

 if it didn't have merit. Sure, I can enjoy 

 a game without a program. But the game becomes 

 more enjoyable and more exciting to me if I 

 know that it was Jackson who made that circus 

 catch of a fly ball in center field; that Nelson 

 threw the key block on the touchdown run; or 

 that Brown sank the lay-in that tied the 

 basketball game. 



"Get your soils map herel You can't really 

 know your farm without a soils map." 



That chant is relatively new, but it is 

 rapidly becoming more familiar to the people 

 who are interested in establishing and main- 

 taining a successful farming operation. 



Sure, I can farm without knowing anything 

 about my soils. Many people have done it in 

 the past. Many people are still doing it. 

 But every year more and more farmers are 

 finding that knowing what soils they have to 

 work with and then using them correctly makes 

 the farm more successful and profitable. 



Some soils should be left in permanent 

 grass. If those particular soils are broken 

 out and cropped the returns will be marginal 

 and serious damage may be done the soil for 

 future use. A soils map will give this in- 

 formation before the grass is gone. 



Even on good soils it pays to know how much 

 water the upper three or four feet are able 

 to hold and how much to apply per irrigation. 

 Too little reduces plant growth. Too much 

 leaches valuable plant food beyond the reach 

 of plant roots and, in addition, contributes 

 to water-logging the land. 



A soils map is essential in determining if 

 a piece of ground is worth leveling - or drain- 

 ing - or irrigating. No farm should be without 

 such a map if that farm is supposed to make a 

 profit. 



Land can be farmed without knowing what soils 

 are involved. However, if the owner is in- 

 terested in how many of those crispy, crunchy 

 green leaves - the ones with the portraits 

 of presidents on them - he may or may not 

 grow on the farm, a soils map may be a treasure 

 map for him. 



DATES TO REMEMBER 



4-H Conservation Camp 

 Havre 



JULY 9-15 



American Society of Range Management 



Intermountain Section 



Gravelly Range - Ennis JULY 27 - 29 



Soil Conservation Society of America 



Montana Chapter 



Lewis town JULY 23 - 25 



Public Land Law Review Commission Hearing 

 Billings JULY 13. 14. & 15 



Northern Plains NACD Area V Meeting 

 Omaha. Nebraska AUGUST 20 - 22 



Montana University Joint Water Resources 

 Research Center - Citizen Conferences on ^ 

 Water Resource Development 



Bozeman SEPT. 5. SEPT. 18. 196: 



Butte SEPT.. 6. SEPT. 19. 196^ 



Missoula SEPT. 7. SEPT. 20. 196/ 



Kalispell SEPT. 8. SEPT. 21. 196: 



Great Falls SEPT. 11. SEPT. 26. 19( 



hTI^TT SEPT. 12. SEPT. 25. 19l 



Wolf Point SEPT. 13. SEPT. 26. 19( 



SEPT. 14. SEPT. 27. 19( 



Miles City 

 Billings 



SEPT. 15. SEPT. 28. 19( 



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RANGE JUDGING TEAM PLACES 



Bill Chiesa, County Extension Agent, writes t 

 the Montana Association of Soil and Water 

 Conservation Districts: 



"On behalf of the 4-H Pasture Judging Team 

 from Cascade County who represented Montana In 

 the International Contest, I wish to express 

 my appreciation for the fine support you gave 

 the boys. The boys worked very hard and under 

 the conditions made a fine showing placing fift 

 in the contest. 



"It was a worthwhile trip and the concepts oi 

 proper range management learned apply in 

 Montana as well as in Oklahoma." 



"I always eat in this restaurant^ 

 In many places the waiters grab 

 away your plates before you finish 

 eating." 



"And they don't do it here?" 

 "Yes, they do. But the cooking is 

 so bad you don't mind it." 



