esults of Soil,
? ater Practices
Extendi Far, Wide
R
, HARRISBURG Results of
loil and water conservation
nactices extend beyond the
)Oundanes of individual farms,
sr. William L. Henning, State
Secretaxy of Agriculture and
lhairman of tlie State Soil Con
servation Commission, declared
ast week.
: in addressing the opening ses
iion of a two-day conference he
iad called for 165 directors of
he State’s 33 county wide soil
•onservation districts, he said
'Countless tons of good, fertile
topsoil were lost forever m East
ern Pennsylvania from hurricane
•ams that brought the August
loods- Farm suffering the least
lamage were those where the
•wners had prepared for such
imergencies tluough approved
oil conservation programs.
‘'Practices such as strip crop
»mg, contour plowing, sod water
ways, diversion ditches and ter
aces help to hold rainwater
Where it falls, and reduce the
■hances of eros’cn.”
i Since August, two counties
where farmlands were washed
>y flood waters Wayne and
Schuylkill have been establish
'd as soil conservation districts,
le said-
■ Farmers of Pennsylvania are
toncerned aoiU the conservation
ground and surface water m
iddition to saving soil, Secretary
ienning continued.
' Dry summers and drought con
ditions m recent years have
Prompted farmers to install ir
rigation systems using water
from streams and larger farm
bonds, he pointed out.
F Other farmers, industries and
leople in cities and towns down-
stream need iheir share of water
End one of the major contribu
tions that farmers and other land
Iwners can make toward con
servation is rnrough adequate
foil saving practices in small
watershed areas, he explained.
| Directors Swap Experiences
n Soil district directors swapped
jxperiences in discussions mod
erated by Ivan McKeever, State
foil Conservationist Speakers
bcluded William C. Voight, Jr.,
Executive director of the State
[ish Commission, Leo A. Lut-
cmger of the State Game Com
aission, and John F Lewis of
aliforma State Teachers Col-
i The conference was addres
pd later by Dr. Mauriuce K.
[oddard, State Secretary of For
ets and Waters. Final sessions
deluded talks by Ralph L. Cul
er, Chairman of the Pennsyl-
pma Agncltural Stabilization
hd Conservation Committee and
!r Howard B. Sprague, Pennsyl
ama State University.
| Steel output soared to a new
leak last month.
Easier mortgage credit is seen
»r 1956 housing .
Your Purina
Dealer
Wengers Feed 111
RHEEMS, PA.
Ph. Elizabethtown 71195
Bjunmmanmjjj!
Farm Brings $212 Per
Acre; Goes to Hoover
John Hoover, Hl' Bphrata, last
weekend purchased the 37-acre
Abe Eberly Faim in West Coca
l:co Township near Mellinger’s
School House for $12,100, or
about $212 per acre.
Frank Snyder was auctioneer.
The sale included a large bank
barn, outbuildings a two-and-one
half story frame house.
Benson Program Wins
Support from PFA
Flexible price suppoits eventu
ally put agriculture upon a
souricl supply and demand basis,
the Pennsylvania Farmers Asso
ciation said in a meeting of the
House of Delegates ih Lancaster
this Weekend-
Delegates said the present pro
gram has not had adequate time
to show its real value, and urged
that the PFA and the American
Farm Bureau continue to sup
port the flexibile price support
program.
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