MAKING CROPLAND TERRACES on work was being done Monday as part of
an Amish farm at Paradise, RD #l. The county conservation practices. L. F. Photo
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CROPLAND TERRACES are inspect
ed by Orval Bass, County Conservationist,
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LASSO
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on the farm of Jonas Nolt, Peach Bottom
RD #2. L. F. Photo
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17,1969—9
t Local Farmers
(Continued from Pago 5)
Much of the lesponsibility
for directing county consei ra
tion lies with the local ducctois
of the Lancastet County Soil
and Water Consei ration Dis
tuct A subdivision ol state
government, they oigani ?e and
manage the pi electing and nn
piovmg of the county’s soil and
water
To do this they coopeiale
with many oiganizations and
agencies The Soil Consei ration
Service headed locally by Bass
and his assistants, Abner House
knecht and Clement Squnes,
Jr, plan the piactices on the
farm. The Agriculture Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Commit
tee headed by Fred Seldom
ndge, administers the funds of
the Agriculture Conseivation
Piogiam by which government
leimbmsement is made for in
dividual development of diver
sion terraces, contour strips,
construction of ponds, sod
wateiways, and diainage sys
tems
In 1968 a total of 130 land
owners became coopeiators
with the Distnct, making a to
tal of 1458 coopeiatois using
conservation practices on 154,
238 acres of Lancastei County
land Diversion Ten aces total
ed 9,154 ft, glassed wateiways,
33 2 acres, ciopland ten aces,
47,763 ft, pastuie and hayland
planting and lenovation, 158
acres, stripcropping, 860 acies,
and tile drains, 42,281 feet.
• Farm Calendar
(Continued from Page 1)
Foundation Duectors meet,
Farm and Home Center.
Thursday, May 22
730 pm—County-Wide 4H Da
iry Club meeting, Farm and
Home Center
Friday, May 23
100 p m —County FFA Small
Engine Contest, Ephrata
High School
Saturday, May 24
830 a m —Rocking G Stables
Quaiter Hoise Show, Baieville
Jeffrey Pfautz
• Pfautz
(Continued fiom Page 1)
the basis of individual pi eject
work m then local clubs,” Mm
tmiei said “They weie selected
fiom among the 4,000 membeis
who paiticipate m 4-H Conser
vation projects ”
The toui is sponsoied by the
Pennsylvania Association of Soil
ana Watei Conseivation Distnct
Dnectors in cooperation with
the Coopeiative Extension Sei
vice State Soil and Watei Con
st ivation Commission, and U S.
Soil Conseivation Seivice Funds
foi the avvaids piogiam aie pio
vuled by the Seais, Roebuck
Foundation
Club Honored
Pfautz’s club the Noithem
Soil and Watei Conseivation
Club, was also honored in the
Pennsylvania 4-H Conseivation
Awaids piogiam They weie one
of five clubs an the state who
compiled outstanding lecords in
the conseivation pioject woik
duimg 1968-69
The local club, with a mem
beiship of 18, conducted a hash
and litter cleanup pioject along
a two mile area of Route 322.
They also assisted with a tiee,
shrub, and ground covei project
at the recently completed Lan
caster County Farm and Home
Center The club leaders are
Aaron Stauffer, Paul Mai tin and
Leroy Pfautz
The common garden snail has
14,175 teeth, located in its ton
gue