22—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, February 6, 1971
Soil, Water Conservation District Meets
The Lancaster County Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict meeting was held Wed
nesday evening at the Farm
and Home Center Seveial up
coming meetings weie discuss
ed
It was reported that the Eph
rata Jaycees will hold meetings
at Ephrata and New Holland on
plans to form a watershed to
clean up pollution in the Indian
Run basin
The Ephrata meeting is sche
duled for 7.30 p m February 18
at the high school and the New
Holland meeting has been set
foi 730 p m March 10 at the
High School Refreshments will
be seived at both meetings
An Octoraio watershed meet
ing was announced for Febru
aiy 18 at Octorara High School
The watershed previously held
a meeting January 22
A meeting to discuss pollu
tion of Mill Ci eek was announc
ed for next Thursday, February
11 at 7 30 p m at the Farm and
Home Center Sponsored by the
Federated Spoilsmen of Lan
caster County, the meeting will
include at least five speakers
The distnct discussed its an
nual FFA public speaking con
test and 4-H roundup in April
at the Farm and Home Center
No exact date was set, how
ever
Plans for the district’s annual
banquet March 23 at the Farm
and Home Center also were re
viewed Price was set at $3 for a
family style dinner.
In comments at the meeting
Aaron Stauffer, chairman, said
his contact with farmers shows
•<that they are “interested in in
formation in waste disposal.”
He said information on waste
disposal should be included in
discussions on pollution control
at upcoming meetings.
Everett Kreider questioned
the building of sod waterways
in the Fall too late for grass to
grow This means the waterway
'•is subject to erosion through'
the Winter, he noted
Orval Bass, district conserva
tionist, said the primary rea
son that waterways are built sc
late in the year is that there
are not enough contractor';
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Some erosion does occur from
leaving the waterways uncover
ed over the Winter, Bass said!,
but he said the erosion is not
seuous enough to wairant de
lay of the work in light of the
shortage of contractors He
noted that 80 per cent of the
erosion which occurs during the
year occurs duung summer
months
Robert Schweitzer, service
forester, indicated disappoint-
ment with the number of trees
planted by county land owners
in the past year Only seven
private landowners participated
by planting about 7,000 trees, he
said
The conservation district al- sociations and meetings, pub
so i eleased its 1971 budget lishmg and distributing the
showing projected expendituies long range plan, and publishing
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commissioners and the lemain- Getting you stance to and continued review of high
der is made up of balance on clude s giving more assistance to •
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and public schools, and improv
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ties.
The district also released a
list of objectives for. 1971. The
basic goal will be to “continue
to promote the wise use of con
servation of the natural resour
ces of Lancaster County” by in
forming the public of district
goals and activities, improving
involvement of youth and youth
directors, reducing siltation,
and reducing pollution
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public includes holding the an
nual eonseivation field 'day,
establishing more outdoor la
boratories, encouraging more
watershed activities such as as
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