COLLEGE PARK, Md - If
American agriculture is going to
continue to lead the world m
production, it’s going to have to
lead it in soil and water con
servation
That’s the conclusion of a new
documentary film called "Con
servation Down on the Farm,”
recently released by the U S Soil
Conservation Service and .Stuart
Finley, Inc.
Every year in the United States,
rain and melted snow washes
nearly 2 billion tons of productive
topsoil off unprotected cropland.
Much of the nation has already lost
half its topsoil in its first two
hundred years. If this trend con
tinues, predicts an SCS study,
erosion in the next 50 years could
reduce crop yields in many parts of
Livestock dogs
ewe can bring $125, a dog only has
to save four to be worth its in
vestment,” says Judith N Nelson
of Bethesda, Md.
She and her husband, David,
breed akbash, a dog they
discovered while working for the
State Department in Tin key.
The 1980 sheep population
showed a 2 percent increase over
1979-the first such rise in 20 years.
An expansion program is afoot in
the New England area, once home
of millions of sheep and still, on a
per capita basis, one of the
country’s biggest consumers ot
lamb.
The expansion into the East “is
all part of the reason tor looking at
dogs to put them in at the same
time we put sheep there,” says
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Md. farmer featured in conservation movie
the country by 20 percent or more.
Reversing this trend is possible,
according to the film, through a
coordinated effort by the lan
downer, the local soil and water
conservation district and
cooperating agencies such as SCS
The film focuses on a dairy farmer
in Cecil County, Md., and the help
he received from the Cecil Soil
Conservation District
Technical experts in soil con
servation, engineering and
forestry helped the farmer identify
and analyze erosion, drainage and
animal waste problems on his 800-
acre farm. Taking his production
goals and method of operation into
account, they helped him design a
coordinated set of
management practices to solve
those problems
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car window and saying, ‘Look,
there’s sheep out there,’ and
having some little black box in the
dog say, I love sheep and I’m not
going to let coyotes hurt them.’ It’s
a management system and it takes
some knowledge.”
There have been great suc
cesses, he says.
“We had one little Shar
Planmetz out in Utah last summer
with a flock of 1000 ewes with their
lambs-almost 2200 head. She only
lost four sheep for the summer.
“That’s one end of the spec
trum,” he adds. “At the other end,
dogs have killed sheep.” Then
researchers try to keep it from
happening again.
The livestock-guarding nogs cost
from $2OO to $7OO a puppy. “When
you consider that a good working
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A combination of diversion
terraces, no-till cropping, grass
waterways and contour strip
cropping reduced erosion to about
half the rate considered
• tolerable ’ An animal waste
management facility kept manure
and dairy parlor wastes from
polluting a nearby stream The
facility also saved labor and fuel
Equally as important as
maintaining productivity is the
effect these practices have on
protecting and improving water
quality Sediment is the nation’s
leading cause ot nunpoirt pel'uticr
HARRISBURG - The Penn
sylvania State Grange is em
barking on a new cooperative
buying service, the Pennsylvania
Grange Exchange, to begin service
to members May 7.
The program has been designed,
in part, to replace the old Keystone
Grange Exchange, which served
Grange members for over 50 years
in the early part of this century.
The Exchange was the forerunner
of the modern cooperative
movement in Pennsylvania
“This is a program that is really
going to grow,” said State Master
Charles E. Wismer, Jr. “It’s a
terrific undertaking for the State
Grange in providing benefits to our
members ”
The Exchange will handle such
products as honey, maple syrup,
hot dogs, pizza shells, canned
vegetables and dairy products.
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and about half comes from far
mland Of the one and one-quarter
billion tons of animal waste
produced every year in the United
States, only about half is properly
utilized
The 1977 Clean Water Act
established a timetable for con
trolling agricultural nonpoint
pollutants including sediment and
animal wastes Conservation
districts have the lead for insuring
that the deadline is met and are
working with landowners to meet
the law’s requirements on a
voluntary basis
Grange
buying service
The program is-non-profit, and
goods will be sold at ap
proximately 15 percent under
grocery store prices.
“Our goal is to sell top quality
goods at a reduced rate to our
members,” Wismer said. “We are
emphasizing that our produce is of
the highest quality. ’ ’
Delivery stops have been set by
Grange Deputies in each county.
All ordering is being handled by
mail through the Exchange’s
headquarters based in Canton.
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Although the setting for the film
is in Maryland, the principles and
practices discussed apply
nationwide. There are nearly 3000
conservation districts in the United
States. Each provides free
technical help to landowners m
designing conservation practices
and often can help arrange cost
sharing assistance.
For more information about the
color, 16mm film, contact your
local Soil Conservation Service
offers or Stuart Finley, Inc., 3428
Mansfield Rd , Falls Church, Va.
22041
co-op
Order blanks, which include a
delivery schedule, are being sent
out to the State Grange’s 44,000
members throughout the state on a
monthly basis.
The Exchange delivery truck
will reach the Eastern part of
Pennsylvania May 7, followed by
the Central and Western sections.
An entire round of the state will be
completed in a su-week period.
Arrangements have been made
possible through an agreement
with Eastern Milk Producers.