Highlights of Conservation in the 1940's5

• Establishment of the District.
• Transposing the Districts plan from paper to land.
• Promoting the positive attitude between farmers and business men alike.
• Increase in application of lime and fertilizer to poor soils.
• Increase interest of building terraces and working on larger drainage projects.
• Increased the boundaries to include the entire county.
• Many of the farmers work off the farm in the winter to supplement income due to poor soil.
• Urgency of War Work creates a shortage of labor.
• Need for soil survey along Bean Blossom Creek.