(1)It is recognized and declared:
(a)That the soil resources and fertility of the land of this state, and the
economic use thereof, the prosperity of the farming population of this state, and
the waters of the rivers of this state, and the prevention of floods are matters
affected with a public interest;
(b)That the welfare of this state has been impaired and is in danger of being
further impaired by destruction of its soil fertility, by uneconomic use and waste of
its land, by exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of its soil resources, by
floods and impairment of its rivers as a result of soil erosion, and by the decrease in
the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms in the state as
compared with the net income per person in the state not on farms;
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(1) It is recognized and declared:
(a) That the soil resources and fertility of the land of this state, and the
economic use thereof, the prosperity of the farming population of this state, and
the waters of the rivers of this state, and the prevention of floods are matters
affected with a public interest;
(b) That the welfare of this state has been impaired and is in danger of being
further impaired by destruction of its soil fertility, by uneconomic use and waste of
its land, by exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of its soil resources, by
floods and impairment of its rivers as a result of soil erosion, and by the decrease in
the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms in the state as
compared with the net income per person in the state not on farms;
(c) That said evils have been augmented and are likely to be augmented by
similar conditions in other states and are so interrelated with such conditions in
other states that the remedying of such conditions in this state requires action by
this state in cooperation with the governments and agencies of other states and of
the United States and requires assistance therein by the government and agencies
of the United States;
(d) That the formulation and effectuation by this state of state plans, in
conformity with the provisions of section 7 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic
Allotment Act, is calculated to remedy said conditions and will tend to advance the
public welfare of this state.
(2) In order to promote the welfare of the people of this state by aiding in the
preservation and improvement of soil fertility, in the promotion of the economic use
and conservation of land, in the diminution of exploitation and wasteful and
unscientific use of soil resources, in the protection of rivers against the results of
soil erosion, and in the reestablishment, at as rapid a rate as is practicable and in
the general public interest, of the ratio between the purchasing power of the net
income per person on farms and that of the net income per person not on farms that
prevailed during the five-year period, August 1909 to July 1914, inclusive, as
determined from statistics available in the United States department of agriculture,
and the maintenance of such ratio, the state of Colorado assents to and accepts the
provisions of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and adopts the
policy and purpose of cooperating with the government and agencies of other
states and of the United States in the accomplishment of the policy and purposes
specified in section 7 of said act, subject to the following limitations:
(a) The powers conferred in this article shall be used to assist voluntary
action calculated to effectuate such purposes.
(b) Such powers shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies
of foods and fibers in this state sufficient when taken together with the production
thereof in other states of the United States to maintain normal domestic human
consumption as determined by the secretary of agriculture of the United States
from the records of consumption in the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive, taking into
consideration increased population, quantities of any commodities that were forced
into domestic consumption by a decline in exports of particular commodities, and
the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general
class of food commodities.
(c) In carrying out the purposes specified in this section due regard shall be
given to the maintenance of a continuous and stable national supply of agricultural
commodities adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers
and consumers.