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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10,1978
Land treatment
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project. At the present time,
dose to $4,000 m funds are
still available to the area
farmers. Anyone interested
in the details of the project
should contact the Lancaster
ASCS Office, located at the
Lancaster County Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster.
There are approximately
23,500 acres of land used for
cropland in the watershed.
This makes up around 46 per
cent of the total land in
volved in the area.
Estimates of erosion from
the land that is being
cropped average 11.2 tons
per acre per year. The
maxiumum allowed soil loss
on cropped field is four tons
per acre per year, for good
conservation.
Surveys of the cropland in
the Chickies Creek area
have shown that the crop
yields have stayed basically
the same over the last five
years. It is believed that the
installation of conservation
practices will reduce the soil
loss through erosion, con
serve water, and increase
yields.
According to Eberly,
around 2,700 acres of
cropland are presently
adequately protected, but
there are 8,113 acres which
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the watershed. It is the 8,000
plus acres that need the land
treatment to help in the
Chiddes Creek problem.
As was reported earlier in
Lancaster Farming, the
Chiddes Creek Watershed
creates a problem in the
Manheim area of Lancaster
County. Developing a flood
plain and reducing the
sediment capacity of the
stream are part of the plan.
The effects of the floodwater
and its damage are to be
considered, along with the
evaluation of fish and
wildlife resources and the
management of them. Ap
praised will also be the
water supply of the creek
and its potential for future
needs.
People interested in
learning more about the
Chickies Creek project can
obtain information from the
information center now
located at the Manheim
Chamber of Commerce, 32
N. Main Street, Manheim.
Farmers located m the
northern end of the Chickies
Creek watershed would
benefit from the land
treatment as well as those
from the area near
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“Land treatment just
makes good sense,” Eberly
observed. “And this
program might fold up
without public interest.
Without local support, it
could fall apart. But now, the
money is available.”
As part of the duckies
Creek project, two township
meetings, one in Penn and
one in Rapho, will be held in
July or early August. There
conservation practices will
be discussed, and
representatives from the
SCS, ASCS, and the Lan
caster County Conservation
District will be available for
questioning and discussion.
Sponsors of the duckies
Creek project include the
Lancaster County Com
missioners, the Lancaster
County' Conservation
District, and the Manheim
Borough.