Land treatment focus of Chickies Creek project
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BvKENDACEBOKRY
- “Land
•eatment of the farm land in
,e duckies Creek water
ed is the first and basic
i D to flooding problem,
iv and all land treatment
- A heavier em-
Ihasis on conservation
radices and programs
ould aid in the
lanagement of the flood
waters.”
The speaker was ocott
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Eberly, soil conservationist
in the Lancaster County
Conservation District. He is
actively involved in the
duckies Creek watershed
project.
“Land treatment includes
installing terrace systems,
diversions, sub-surface
drainage, grass waterways,
and other erosion control
structures,” he related. “It
is essential to farming, in
fact all conservation
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Chicktes
Creek :
Naumanstown
The area within the boundries of the Chickies The dotted line represents the creek whose travel
Creek watershed are shown on the map above. can be traced from its start in Lebanon County.
Farmers are urged to check and see if their farms
are located within this area and find out if they
qualify for land treatment cost sharing.
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practices are an important
part of the farm industry.”
In order to aid with this
land treatment, cost-sharing
is offered by the ASCS office.
Because of the high priority
of the project, the rate of
fered by the government has
been raised. In fact, 90 per
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10,1978—33
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Chickies Creek
Watershed
Lancaster County
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cent of the cost of land
treatment improvement
practices in the Chickies
Creek watershed will be paid
by the government until the
funds are exhausted.
At the start of the year,
$12,000 was allocated for the
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