President Sez cont'd 



A GOOD YEAR MEANS GOODYEAR - 



and supporting services essential to 

 districts. 



There will be an Area meeting in 

 Great Falls on June 13 to 15th at the 

 Rainbow Hotel. Supervisors from 6 

 states will be present. This is your 

 opportunity to see part of NACD in 

 action. All Supervisors are invited 

 and I would urge you to attend this 

 meeting, a grass-roots level segment 

 of NACD. 



Lastly, I would like to remind 

 you districts that have watershed ap- 

 plications, or anticipate any, that 

 the Legislature will be considering 

 the State Committee budget again in 

 June. As we adjourned unfinished, the 

 l^atershed Planning segment of the bud- 

 get was set below the 70-71 level. 

 This would necessitate a slow-up in 

 planning which we can ill afford at 

 this time. I would urge you to con- 

 tact your legislators before June 7, 

 explain your situation, and seek their 

 support. Districts have retained a 

 strong position in state government 

 reorganization and receive a lot of 

 support if the programs are understood. 

 If you do your job, we will have no 

 difficulty in funding this segment 

 of the budget. 



§ § t 

 LETTER TO THE EDITOR 



Someone has suggested a "letter to 

 the Editor" section in Treasure Acres. 

 By all means let's hear from supervisors, 

 legislators, county commissioners, school 

 people, farm and conservation organiza- 

 tions, agency people, and many others of 

 the 1850 on the Treasure Acre mailing 

 list. Some of you must have strong feel- 

 ings about district activity, what we are 

 doing or not doing. 



# # # 

 SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK PROCLAIMED 



In a proclamation issued April 23rd 

 at Helena, Acting Governor Tom Judge pro- 

 claimed May 16-23, 1971 as Soil Steward- 

 ship week In Montana. 



Everybody wins In the Goodyear Pro- 

 gram. Every district should participate. "^ 

 Enter by sending a card to Sol I and Water 

 Conservation Awards Program, Goodyear Tire 

 and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio 44316. Exam- 

 ine the score sheet. Start keeping rec- 

 ords of al I district activities so that 

 your report will tell the complete story. 



§ » » 



FARM AND RANCH 

 LEADERS MEET WITH 

 STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 



The State Soil Conservation Commit- 

 tee hosted leaders of Montana's major 

 farm and ranch organizations to a dinner 

 at Jorgenson's in Helena which was follow- 

 ed the next day by a work-shop type meet- 

 ing. 



The purpose of the meeting was to get 

 expressions from these organizations as to 

 what the State Soil Conservation Committee 

 and Districts should be doing, how we can 

 help one another, and for an exchange of 

 information and Ideas. 



Al I speakers seemed to express the 

 need to work together on the things they 

 can agree on, to pick out one or two per- 

 formance Items and show that agriculture 

 is united on some things — such items as 

 state range plan, taxation of agricultur- 

 al lands, use of pesticides, communica- 

 tions, were suggested. 



Montana Woo I growers was represented 

 by Ed Smith of Dagmar, Montana, Cattle- 

 men's Association by Me I v in Schleslnger 

 of Ingomar, Montana, Farmers Union by 

 Clyde Jarvis of Great Falls, National Farm- 

 ers Organization by Leif Kapperud of Gild- 

 ford, Montana, Grain Growers Association 

 by Ray Lohr of Carter, Montana, State 

 Grange by Orin P. Kendall of Thompson Falls, 

 Montana, Potato Growers Association by 

 James J. Fleming, Jr. of Pablo, Montana, 

 Association of State Grazing Districts by 

 Bob Raundal of Helena, Society of Range 

 Management by Pete Jackson of Harrison, 

 Montana, Stockgrowers Association by 

 Norman Valdseth of Lennep, Montana and 

 Farm Bureau Federation by Stan Burger of 

 Bozeman. 



