18—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1,1979
Farmers from the surrounding Farmersvilie area talk to Aaron Stauffer,
chairman of the Lancaster Conservation District. The men met to discuss ways
The storm that hit during July moved up to two feet of soil from this cornfield. to combat erosion problems in the area.
Conservation
FARMERSVILLE - On Ju
ly 21 this Summer, a storm
swept through the
Farmersville area of Lan
caster County, causing ex
tensive damage to fields and
crops.
Wednesday evening a
meeting was held for in
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them a chance to meet with
members of the Lancaster
Conservation District, the
ASCA, and the Soil Conser
vation Service, in order to
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take action to prevent such
storm damage in the future.
According to Aaron Stauf
fer, chairman of the Lan
caster Conservation
District, it was a “good
meeting”.
“The farmers showed in
terest,” he commented,
“and hopefully they will put
the practices to use.”
He noted that many con
servation practices were
covered, and stressed that
the practice of cropland ter
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races was covered. “More
and more row crops are
grown, especially com,” he
added.
The meeting began with a
audio-visual demonstration,
telling of the plunder of the
soil of the Umted States, and
explamed the creation of the
Soil Conservation Service
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Warren Archibald,
representing the Soil Conser
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Stauffer took the stage to
talk about the role of the con
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also spoke, reflected that he
too felt the response to the
meeting was good. He added
that there was a need for soil
conservation practices in
that area.
“Without soil conservation
practices,” Aaron Stauffer
commented, “farmers are
the losers.”
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