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I Mro Ueland will be primarily concerned with assisting Soil and Water Conservation Dis- 

 trict Supervisors throughout the state m impi:x)ving their soil and water conservation 

 program and in maintaining contact with the various Federal, State and local conserva- 

 tion agencies assisting districts o 



Committee Chairman Sanborn also announced that Mro Ueland is headquartered at the 

 School of Mines at Butte and that all correspondence relating to the State Committee 

 should be addressed OoMo Ueland, Executive Secretary., State Soil Conservation Committee, 

 School of Mines, Butte. Mro Sanborn also stated that there are now 59 Soil and Water 

 Conservation Districts in the state covering 90 million acres and that over ^0% of 

 Montana's farmers and ranchers have availed themselves of conservation assistance 

 available through their districto 



Members of the State Soil Conservation Committee besides Mr,, Sanborn of Great Falls ares 

 John Schroeder,, Lolo, famer mrmberj Carj. Hunter, Fairvlew, farmer member; Wm, Fo 

 D'Ewart, VJilsall, farmer member; Edward Co Wren, Helena, State Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture; Torlief So Aasheim, Bozemano State Director of Extension; Roy Eo Huffman, Bozeman, 

 Director of Agricultural Experiment Stations ; HoDo Hurd, Bozeman State Conservationist, 

 Soil Conservation Service o 



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Doings in Districts 



Judith Basin's recently elected supervisor Ed Cervenka recently established a record. 

 He sold 20 - $1^ affiliate memberships and 9 -$10 affiliate memberships, a total of 

 .$390 worth, to the businessmen of the districto Each businessman who buys a .$15 

 membership is entitled to a heading on the District Newsletter as well as the regular 

 certificate he receives. 



Philips District supervisors appoint assistant supervisors from various sections of the 

 district to act as advisors and to work on various district committeeso 



Upper Musselshell District contributed the following verse? 



Our Treasure State; we'll treasure more 



By saving stubble not burning it o'er. 



Having v;aterways control water , 



Save out soil for Son and Daughter. 



We build a bam to store the fodder ,^ ^ ' 



So make a dam and save the water. 



Good top soil eroded away. 



A starving world, another day. 



The wind may blow soil that is fine 



But I'm not worried, I've contoured mine. 



No trees 6 A disaster j Wind Erosion » Much faster* 



Muddy water holes bring you strife; 



Clear blue ponds call wildlife. 



Too many cattle on too little grass 



Like too many miles and too little gas. 



Do your duty to the nation 



Save your soil by conservation. 



Missoula District supervisors in their annual repoil. for I960 state last season was the 

 driest in the history of the district, but that many conservation measures proved their 

 worth as the growing season advanced. 



