SUPERVISOR LEGISLATORS 



The recently adjourned 1971 Montana Legislature boasted six Conservation Dist- - 

 rict Supervisors among its membership. Shown above are Representatives Pete Jackson, 

 Harrison; Everett Snortland, Conrad; Bradley Parrish, Lewistown; Leiand Schoonover, 

 Poison; Cecil Weeding, Jordan; Robert Anderson, Fort Benton. Past Supervisors in 

 the current legislature include Senators Gordon McGowan, Jim Moore, Cornie Thiessen, 

 George Siderius, and Representative Oscar Kvaalen. 



WHAT IS CONSERVATION? 



The following excerpts from an article by Dr. Firman E. Bear, Soil Science, Rutgers University, 

 New Brunswick, New Jersey, and charter member of the Soil Conservation Society of Amepica. 



(Conservation is a way of life. It starts with man himself. It begins anew each day as he takes 

 his morning bath, shaves, and puts on a clean shirt. It induces him to keep his trousers pressed and his 

 shoes shined. It requires that he make himself presentable, first to himself, then to his family and 

 finally to his fellowmen. He aims to look and act his best. This is Conservation of Self Respect. 



If he owns a home, the conservation-minded man keeps it painted and in good repair. He strives 

 for an attractive lawn that is free of weeds. He helps his wife in landscaping the premises and he 

 encourages her with her flowers. Everything is kept neat and clean about the premises. This is Conser- 

 vation of Home and Family. 



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If he is a farmer, he sees that something is made to grow wherever a bare spot appears. He 



will not permit the development of gullies that grow ever larger on his farm. He grows his cultivated 



crops on the contour, carries off the surplus water in sodded runways, and sows cover crops to protect 



his land during the winter months. Rough land is seeded down to grass or planted to trees. This is 



Conservation of Soil. ,„ *■ ., 



(contmued) 



