A22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24,1981
Sen. Jepsen
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S.
Senator Roger Jepsen (R-Iowa)
has called on Agriculture
Secretary John Block to personally
present the ILS.D.A.’s com
prehensive soil and water con
servation policy package to the
Senate Agriculture Committee.
In a letter to Block, Jepsen and
Ag Committee Chairman Jesse
Helms (R-N.C.) said the
Secretary’s presence would allow
Ag Committee members to have a
first-hand discussion on soil
conservation policies that concern
them. The U.S.D.A. was given the
authority to make policy recom
mendations under the Soil and
Water Resources Conservation Act
of 1977.
“The importance of soil con
servation policy and subsequent
implementation of that policy
cannot be understated,” the lowa
Republican said. “We've already
made some advances with the soil
conservation provisions contained
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continue to push for improved
methods and incentives for saving
our precious soil.”
Jepsen, chairman of the Soil and
Water Conservation Subcommittee
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mulate a comprcheuoive soil
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conservation package before the
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Jepsen has introduced a
measure which would provide a
ten percent investment tax credit
for certain soil and water con
servation expenditures. That bill
organic fraction decays and is
slowly released in the soil. Also
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potassium amounts, soil may
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elements thus reducing crop
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yields. Yearly soil testing becomes
a must.
Using current nutrient prices,
the following statistics provides a
comparison of relative values.of
Poundl/Ton
Hen
360 '
530
310
750
66
039
154
004
005
0 30
Turkey
52 0
630
42 0
25 0
70
04
1 32
005
0 25
0 24
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Size
Model
Number
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5.00x15
12.4x24
5.00x15
12.4x24
5.00x15
11.2x28
5.00x15
12.4x24
9.50x16
13.6x24
5.00x15
12.4x24
6.00x16
13.6x28
460 6.00x14.9
14.9x28
6.00x16
14.9x28
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11.2x28
9.5x20
14.9x28
6.00x16
14.9x28
9.5x20
14.9x28
260
310
3100
310-DT
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360-C
360
460
Shuttle
460-V
460-DT
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510-DT
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“The conservation of our soil is
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Turkey
13 00
1764
546
0 75
028
024
0 27
012-
0 52
016
Broiler
540
469
300
296
58
04
11
004
008
0 29
168 21 TotalS3B 44
. Reg.
Sale
Price
$ 4T95 * 2441
Price
$ 7236
7236
7717
7789
9083
8288
8856
9855
10866
9127
8494 4279
12773
10554
13638
14620
12423
15656 10099 5557,
Various classes of poultry waste.
These values Were obtained from
material from commercial poultry
operations. They represent a
moisture lever from 25 to 40 per
cent
531 35
4795
5222
5189
6259
5671
6043
6336
6954
5864
6741 3813
8749 4889
7750 6870
8204
Broiler
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1313
390
088
0 23
024
0 24
010 _
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020 ”
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2495
2600
2824
2617
2813
3519
3912
3263
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