Perry farmers install conservation water and erosion. proxunately half the cost. An increasingly popular prac- Along with the ACP funds, tice, animal waste management county farmers also received storage, financially helped to assistance through production establish the needed facility on adjustment programs, $188,812; three Perry County farms. commodity loans, $148,433; gram A total of $58,252 of government storage, $5,608; farm storage dollars were spent m applying the facilities, $27,495; and wood in needed ACP conservation work, centive program, $1324, for a total with farmers matching ap- 0f5440,081. NEW BLOOMFIELD - More than 130 Perry County farms participated in the 1980 Agricultural Conservation Program, reported Howard Stambaugh, County Executive Director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. These cooperators established 277 acres of permanent vegetation and improved 246 acres. More than 300 acres of stripcropping systems were implemented. 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