Agricultural Stabilization And
Conservation Service Shares
On Many Approved Practices
AGRICULTURAL CO.NSKRVATIO.V PROGRAM
A total of 664 farmers were enrolled and completed
practices under the 1961 Agricultural -Conservation Program
Practices were completed on y cost-shares basis and paid as
follows:
PRACTICE
Lime
Establishing: permanent co\er
Improving established coier
Establishing permanent cover on
ditch banks, dams, etc.
"Winter cover crops
Contour strip cropping
Clearing and leveling pasture land
Constructing farm ponds
Establishing sod waterway 141,000 lineal ft
Constructing terrace 3,414 lineal ft
Constructing diversion terrance 9,998 lineal ft
Constructing open drainage system 10 acres
Constructing underground
drainage
Planting trees
Fencing planted trees
CO.NSKKA \TIO.N
Under the Consenation Reserce Program ot the Soil Hank
66 farmers received $46,212 IX in annual payments lot main
taining land taken out of production and put m peimanent
cover,
WOOL INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Payments were made in July ot 10 61 tor wool and lambs
«»Id during the 1960 marketing year A total of 123 pioduceis
received $5311 31 for shorn wool, and G 8 produceis ievened
$823 58 tor unshorn lambs sold
WHEAT ALLOTMENTS AM) MAUKETIMr QUIT IS
A total of 6.157 wheat allotments were established and
Marketing cards were issued to all eligible produceis Eight
farmers signed teed wheat agreements to grow in excess of
their allotment and teed all wheat on the farm
PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAMS
In the wheat program 17 7 farmers recened $100,190 31
through warehouse loans>and fne farmers were paid $4,212 18
through farm-stored "loans Two corn-farmers recened $l,-
638.16' through farm-stored loans. - x -
' - 1961 PEED ORAJX PROGRAM'S
“ "A' total of 356 '‘producers enrolled in thfe 1961 teed gram
program and received $189,492 04 for diverting corn acreage to
•oil conserving uses.
. Approval was granted for copstructing one farm storage
facility for $5,126.00 and one loan for $4,417.50 for mobile
drying equipment.
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Conservationist
Is Appointed,
Office Moved
Ralph Hunter, formerly
Area Conservationist from the
Southwestern Area of Penn
sylvania, has recently been
tiansfeired to the Southeast
ern Area.
The Southeastern area in
cludes Lancaster County al
though the office is located in
Lebanon.
Headquarters were recently
moved trom West Chester to
the present location, which is
more central to the district,
m an effort to cut to a nnni-
RALPH H USTEK
mum the travel of personnel
Mnmg % anoufa soil coniena-
tion offices.
Hunter, who replaces How
ard Busch, has had many
jears of experience with the
Soil Consent ation Service
“In fact his experience dates
back past one quarter of the
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• NEW heavy-duty construction.
• NEW gas and diesel engines
Fannall 104
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MOUNT JOY
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3, 1962
Soil Conservation District
Directors List Achievements
The adivities of the Lan
caster County Soil Const na
tion District Directors were
varied and numerous during
19GX| Following is a list of
adivitics compiled hj Henr>
Givler, secretary of the dist
rict
1. Herbert Wiggins, Mil
lorsville ivas elected Outstand
ing Conservation Farmer of
the county
2 A total of 224 member-,
attended the annual banquet
in Ephrata.
3 Adopted the resolution
of the County Commissioners
designating Mav 7-11 as Soil
Stewardship Week
4 A Television piogram
was presented duung Soil
Stewaidship Week
■> A tour of countA faints
was held foi the Couutv Com-
nussioners
fi Dneetor Chan man Amos
Funk seived as state second
cue piesident.
7 The second annual plow -
in? contest was sponsored hv
the district on the Ro\ Garber
farm More mteiest was shown
centurj ” Said Han McKoever
State Consen atiomst m an
nouncing the appointment ol
Hunter. “I am sure vou will
find the new Consen atiomst
lor the Southeastern Area
very capable and willing to as
sist your district to mme a
head whenever the semccs of
our organization can be help
ful.” McKeever said.
Busch has accepted the posi
tion of assistant State Con
servationist in the state ol
Indiana.
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<Ml£lUes
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C. E. Wiley & Son
Quairjullc - Wakelicld
ST 6-3895
OI'KN HOUSE MAR. 9
McCormick Farm Equip. Store
this voar as fiv t contestants
pai ti< ipated and Ml to Uitl
spectators were on hand
Christ Hiller, Elisabethtown
U D was couiitv winner and
was sponsored In the distrut
in the state < ontest.
S The second annual field
day was held on the farm of
Gerald Darlington, Litit/, H 2
9 The distrut sponsored i
teacher scholarship lor the
Conservation Lahoraton dat
ing the summer
10 Four watershed melt
ings vveio held at .Manheim,
White Horse, liait and New
Holland
11 A disti'ut i epresenta
tne attended nu.etmi!s> and
pa i tic ipa tod in the pioaiams
oi the Lancaster Count\ A<n
cultuial Council
3 2 The distnct sponsoicd
a contest for the Associate
Duec tots to sign up new mcm-
hei s
1! The distnct appioved
the building ot the Silt Samp
ling station on the Conestoga.
ci eek
14 I Inectors
guides tor the
Bankers torn of the count}
1") District sponsored sev-
on television piograms
10 Sponsored a woikshop
foi Associate Du ec tors in as
sociation with the Lancaster
Countv Planning Commission,
at which Bicklev Foster Plan
ning Director was the speaker,
17 Farmer cooperators ui
the count} now totals 2,014
IS. Road signs were erected
on routes 322, 30, 230 and
441
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