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The Soil Conservation District is free, local, representative selfgovernment to the best tradition of America, Your Soil Conservation District is directed by land-* - owners who are elected by local citizens to serve as District Supervisiors.
There are two main reasons for the tremendous demands for the facilities of Soil Conservation Dis- - tricts—pride and profit. Farmers are fast becoming ashamed to own bare, eroded and infertile land. They are as proud of the new conservation agriculture as their \yives are of new kitchens with all the modern equipment. These modern soil conservation farming pro„ grams, put money in the farmers’ bank accounts. Crops, grazing and timber yields of Soil Conservation District cooperators have increased . about 35 percent, on the average.
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