JUpstream Dams Reduce Texas Flood Damage by Million Dollars, SCS Says One hundred and thirly-eight upstream dams combined with land treatment measures on the Upper Trinity Watershed of Tex as prevented estimated damages of $1 million to crops, pastures, livestock, homes, buildings, roads, .bridges and utilities during the •current floods, the Department of Agriculture announced The savings were to valley bot toms in tributary watersheds. The dams, which supplement soil and water conservation practices on the land, ( tempoianly held 122,- 000 acre-feet of floodwater and trapped 3,000 acre-feet of sedi ment that would otherwise haue moved downstream to clog chan -jncls and downstieam reservoirs D A Williams, administrator of the USDA’s Soil Conservation Service, estimated that if all 1,- 116 detention dams and land tieatment planned for the Upper Trinity had been completed the dams would have temporarily held 990,000 acrefeet of floodwa ter, prevented $8,800,000 in up stream damages, and trapped 40,- _ 000 aei e-feet o t sediment 4 The Soil Conservation Service has built 209 upstream detention dams on tributary watei sheds in Texas, Mr Williams said He cited NEW ?-F®OT pijtf&i MEW SVEN-FLO k ie^»sß■^Sj? , A. B. C. Groff New Holland. Pa. Wenger Implement Co. The Buck, Pa. some typical benefits On Honey Creek, a 30,000-acro tnbutaiy of East Folk of the Trin ity, 14 of 16 dams planned and supporting watershed protection prevented damages of about $47,- 000. On East Laterals of the Trinity, southwest of Athens, the water shed work including 4 dams and 2 diversions prevented estimated damages of $143,000. On Gray’s Creek, northeast of Corsicana, the installed program including 11 dams prevented esti mated damages of $36,000 On Green’s Creek at Dublin Texas, a pilot watershed project conservation on the land plus 13 dams, reduced damages to an es timated $37,000 These projects, the SCS admin istrator, said, aie the same type as those authorized under the new Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, which provides for Federal technical and finan cial assistance in upstream water shed work More than 700 appli cations for SCS assistance on lo cal watershed piojects have been, received from 46 states Thirty five piojects under the new act, which specifies local cost-sharing, are in the early stages of con stiuclion ■%&*s**£ / .'$ -...^. a jfc.t is#?*-'*: Listen to the steady hum of the threshing cylinder of the new 30 and you'll know that here is a combine that does a real job of threshing. As every good thresherman knows, even feeding is the big secret to best threshing. And, in the new 30 Combine, it's the combination of the auger-type platform and the new "Even-Flo" Feed that keeps the cylinder hummincr at proper threshing speed at all times. Full-width, straight-through handling of straw and grain insures complete utilization of every inch of the extra-large separating and cleaning units. Over thirty square feet of separating area and over sixteen square feet of cleaning area prevent overloading—insure more and cleaner grain in the tank. You will get the same exceptional performance from the new 30 in every crop, every condition. There is a quick-change cylinder speed control which lets you get exactly the proper cylinder speed, regardless of crop or condition. Come in soon and see this new, big capacity combine. Mr. Williams pointed out that flood damages in the Lampasas community, Texs, estimated at $4 million, would have been only about $70,000 it the Sulphur Creek watershed work plan, com pleted iust prior to the storms, had been in effect. The plan in cludes 5 detention dams estimated, to cost less than one-third of the amount ot flood damage in this one flood. “Upstream watershed projects offer the only protection that can be given to towns, farms, ranches, roads, bridges, utilities and other 1 property on the tubutanes of our streams where approximately two thirds of our average annual flood damage occurs,” Mr Williams said “They also offer the only practical means of reducing the movement of sediment into stream channels and reservoirs downstream ” Witmer Guernsey Completes Record PETERSBOROUGH, N H. A legistered Guernsey cow, Zeitler Druciila Volencia, owned by R F & L A Witmer, Willov/ Street, has completed an official production lecord in the Herd Improvement Registry division of the American Guernsey Cattle Club This record was for 11,190 pounds of milk and 553 pounds of fat. - 'f wjst V V F. H. Shotzberger Elm, Pa. Landis Bros. Lancaster, Pa. Alan C. Beyer Christiana. Pa. GROUND WAS BROKEN for the new Poultry Center a little more than a year ago The public is invited to visit the Center tomorrow while it is open for Open House. (LF Photo) AUCTIONEER INSURANCE REAL ESTATE \i •* 1J ■ HDHHHaMBBBBBBRaBBBHBEHaBBaiamaBBBBIBB' a m a ■ h Attend Open House 5 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ at tlie Poultry Center S ■ ■ S Best Wishes ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ : GLENN H. HERR - J ■ ■ B MANHEIM, R. D. 1 ■ ■ H ■ Ph. Landisville TWiaoaks 8-3547 ■ ■ ■ ><> ' : :4l * ft i Our Best Wishes To Lancaster Comity’s Progressive Poultry Industry Lancaster farming Lancaster County’s Only Farm Newspaper | LITITZ, PA. rtt Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 14, 1957—5 ATTEND THE Lancaster Poultry Center OPEN HOUSE Saturday, June 15 CL4UDE F. SMITH 1776 Lincoln Hvvv, East ♦♦ Congratulations.,. LANCASTER CO. POULTRY ASSOCIATION Reliable Marketing Service Fresh Eggs R. W. SADDER IimmWXmWWWVSSWSSVSNNWWV to the Ph. MA 6-2404 I I
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