' >lb ’'V ’ COy.E6B _ Special Soil Conservation District Reports Issue OL. 8 NO. 13 W SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE Personnel ready to start the day’s work aper in front of their trucks for last minute discussions They are, left to right, Ber Houseknecht, Martin Muth, Larry Corson, and Richard Shipman P , L. F. Photo. K Agreements signed In 1962 iy SCD Directors Ninety two new cooperating Srmers in 29 ot the county’s L township’s signed agree ments with the Lancaster junty Soil Conservation Dis jct last year Henry E Giv r; secretary of the district is listed them below by town nips, acres and number of Erma. I No. Acres girt 2 84 treeknock 1 43 Bay 2 158 bnestoga 2 198 fcnoy 3 393 ferl 6 403 fest Earl 2 111 »st Donegal 1 H 3 »st-Lampeter 2 115 Wen 2 167 fchrata 1 37 Rzabethtown 1 64 Rlton ■(Crum ore V>) 4 599 Hsfle Britain 5 793 Smheim 3 240 ■nor 3 ns Brtic o 162 K J °y 3 303 »adise 1 in ■N 14 1091 Bp h <> 6 576 Rlsbury 1 si Barm Calendar Kr 4-9 Xational 4-H Club ■peek. Kroh 4 1 30 i) m Coun v vegetable growers meeting H* Production Credit, Rose ■plle Road. ( B:30 pm. County 4-H ■eaders banquet at Hosiett- Br rs banquet hall, Mount Joy. V:3O pm. County fruit ■growers association reorgau »ation meeting at Farm ■ureau cooperatve building, wfe&uu Salisbury 3 272 Upper Leacock 1 75 Warwick S - 221 West Donegal 5 498 West Earl 12 727 West Hempfield 1 20 Total 92 7826 SCS Lists Year’s Activity The Soil Conservation Ser vice, United States Department ot Agriculture assisted the Lancaster County Soil Conser vation District during the past jear in holding tanner meet ings, the plowing contest. Con sen ation Field Day and many other projects. The Soil Conservation Sen vice statt consists of VV Martin Muth, Work Unit Con servationist, Abner House knecht. Soil Conservation Tech nician, Richard Shipman. Con servation Aide; Larry Corson, Soil Conservationist, Mrs. Mil dred Jones, Clerk-stenograph er. Mr, Shipman and Mr Cor son have joined our ranks in s Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 2, 1963 \psoßMml i-m We're glad to join in celebrat ing National 4-H Club Week, We proudly salute 4-H'ers, and the local leaders who give freely of their time and talents. We provided 1160 services for conservation planning and application. 166 land-owners applied one or more practices We participated in twenty-four consultations on soil and wat er conservation measures and assisted 396 farmers in conser vation work We received and serviced 73 requests receiv°d from the Agricultural Stabili zation Conservation Service. The following practices were established with our assistance on cooperating farms Basic Farm Plans Prepared 50 farms 9 552 Acres Conservation Cioppmg Systems 1925 Acres Contour Fanning 1980 Acres Cover and Green Manure Crop 1064 Acres Crop Residue Use 995 Acres Diversions 3355 Feet Farm Ponds 4 Fish Pond Stocking S Cut Back Borders 615 Feet Grassed Waterways and Outlets 1.8 Acres Hayland Planting 10 Acres Land Clearing 6 Acres Mulching 11 Acres Obstruction. Removal 12 Acres « > , u- I Ride With The Soil Conservationist Soil Conservation Service Has Full Daily Schedule Editor’s Note; This is the third in a series of articles dealing with Lancaster County businesses related to agricul ture. The writer will spend a day riding with personnel who serve the farmer but who do not actively engage m the busi ness of tanning. The articles are an attempt to bring the farm er a report ol the job of service personnel before'they reach the farm. Other aitides will be printed m the lollowmg weeks. This wintei has been one of the toughest I can ever lemem ber m our work 'Maitin Aluth told nte, and that goes hack a long way Muth began woik with the Soil Conseivation Service ot the U S Depanment ot Agmultuie m August of I'l’s‘i when the woik began in the countv with a project on the west bianch ot the Octoiara Cieek Theie have been a lot of ch anges in the 2S veais said Math, who is now Woik Unit Consenationist in chaige ot the Lancaster County office In the eatlv days farmeis wete Soil Scientist Suggests Topdress Redcoat Wheat Topdressing Redcoat wheat is a real paying proposition, Janies Eakm, extension Agrom mist from the 'Pennsylvania State University, told nearlv 200 county farmers Wednesday at the county Soils and Crop day Eakm said Penn State re searchers have spread up to 100 pounds of actual nitrogan per acre on Redcoat and could not cause it to lodge. He said up to 50 pounds of actual nitrogen per acre on Redcoat would probably- pay in yield, but over 60 pounds pro bably would not pay for the cost of the fertilizer He suggested applying the fertilizer to stands as early at. possible to get increases in yields Barley crops probabh should not be top dressed be cause of the danger of lodging, he said Renovation 14 Acres Pasture Planting 41 Acres Pipeline for Livestock Watei 2095 Feet Pond Sealing or Lining 1 Spring Development 2 Strip Cropping. Contour 1904 Acres Strip Cropping, Field 20 Acres Structures for Water Control 2 Field Drainage Ditch 1300 Feet Gradient Terraces 2483 Feet Tile Drams 17509 Fett Tile System Structures 17 Tree Planting 7 Acres Trough or Tank 2 Acres Wildlife Tabitat Preservation . 1 i>._, li-taAcres Bj ■ Jack Owen afiaid to sign up because .they thought the government would take then taims away front them We have learned a lot about conservation piactices which make them moie practical for a farmei to woik In the early davs some or the ciop strips weie prettv ei ooked because we stuck to the eontoui no matter how the rows came out Some ot the eai !v ten aces weie steep hanks that we*e neailj impos sible to faun ovei, and we used a lot ot rock dams and spill wavs in gullies that we would now cdntrol with other means. (Continued on Page 6) Various types of nitrogen feitilizer made no appreciable difference m yields, he said. The ammonia forms break down into the nitrate forms w hen the weather turns warm and the plant uses either from if applied early enough Speaking of nitrogen on corn, Eakm said there is very little difference in yields when the fertilizer is drilled in, plo wed down or disced in With the discing method, you get much healthier weeds, he cau tioned If a farmer must use a split boot corn planter, he cautioned against using more than 50 pounds of nitrogen or potash or germination will be slowed or stopped entirely With a side bander, he said, there is no worry. Penn State researchers have put on up >to 900 pounds with no ill effects. The meeting was sponsored by the county extension serv ice FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures (luring the next live days are evpected to m erage throe to seven de grees below the normal ran ge ol S 8 at night to 4(> m the attornoon. Little day to day eliange is predicted. Precipi tation may total up to \\ in ch (melted) occurring as snow' early today, Sunday and late Monday. Snow or -snow* mixed with rain is ex pected again about Tuesday, $2 Per Year
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