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002376 l I less than 10 inchcs high is to bc left on all ha.rvestcd crops for protection against wind erosion. Field borders of sorghum arc to be planted in narrow strips around the edge of each culti- vated field. Field 3,36 acres of pasture that contains an intermittent lake, is not to be eon toured at this time beeause drifting soil has aeeumulated from ad- jacent fields. Field 6, 46 acres, is to bc revcgetated for permanent pasture, using thc plan discussed on pages 21-24. A fence was eonstructcd on thc terrace that forms the upper boun- dary of this ficld and the other fenee was put on the contour. Both these fcnccs followed the soil-type boundary but thc terrace in field 7 was dropped farther clown the slope in order that the cultivated land might receive the bene- fit of the additional runoff wa"ter pro- vided by its construetion. It is also planned to contour furrow the leascd pasture, field 8, as soon as convenient. The United States Department of Agriculture has given furthcr assistance to the districts by providing from the Civilian Conservation Corps labor and ,cquipment for district cooperators through the camp at Springfield. In addition, the southeastern distriet has obtained labor from the Work Projects Administration. The Farm Security Administration requested that their clients enter into a cooperative agree- ment with the district in order that erosio)l could be better controlled on their farms. Agreements for the con- struction of. water facilities are written by the Farm Security Administration and thc districts to provide adequate water on farms whose operators are financially unable to do such work. ' Since 1937 the Federal Government under the Bankhcad-Jones Purchase Program, now administered by the Soil Conservation Service, has purchased approximately 200,000 acres of land. The Government faces the problem of restoring native grass cover to about 100,000 acres of the purchased land, which have been cultivated and se- vcrely eroded and are now of little value for grazing. The purchased lands are being fenced into large pastures for joint use by qualified permittees. Most ,tt1~~rJI~1f~mt~f[~~rJ :~{~~;t~~~ I."^"^.~~._~ ,-,,""-, .'-- .-. ,-.;ti.,..1..._! S~~~:S:;~rf;;i~~~~~:;/~:;f~~2 .~~;f;J;~:j.~:1~~1~::, ......"".:-. .... ~~...~.. ......."" ^ ........., ." l,'J.)..""j.A'lA''''I~ I. \~;lsW~1~8:t~~';Z.~I~~{Y; ':~ ~'''"''lq''I~[' '~'''_'^"^_;''''_''_'''_-- ..-..:_'_., 1JIiij:lcoop,oo, 1;2::,'IRoo,. 10" ~fii\f}ltii~ ~.~~~~'~- L-3879-5 Figure H.-The farm-conservalion plan. The idle land in the newly leased tract and the class VI land in field 6 arc to he restored to grass for pasture. Some class VI land in field 2 must still he cultivated hut is terraced for water conservation and will he used for feed crops only. Fi,eld 8 will he eontour~furrowed at a later date. Western and Southeastern Baca County Soil Conservation Districts, Colorado 33