BY BETH HEMMINGER
Staff Correspondent
CARLISLE - “Water will be a
limiting factor in agricultural
growth in the future,” said George
Wolff, president of the Penn
sylvania Association of Con
servation District at the
Annual Banquet of the Cum
berland County Agricultural
“What Water Means to Me” vade, igK jnd lementary; second prize,
Poster Contest winners were: from left, first Lorie Black, sth Grade, Plainfield Elementary;
prize, Stephanie Pawich, 3rd Grade, Monroe and first prize, Steve Foster, sth Grade,
Elementary; second prize, Dawn Rock, 3rd Plainfield Elementary.
State District president forecasts water
Stabilization Conservation Service
and the Conservation District.
Wolff stressed water will be
more of a limiting factor than land
to the growth of food if measures
aren't taken to prevent the shor
tage. Water conservation
measures are being discussed all
over the country, he said, but the
groups are talking about con-
as limit
servation at the spigot. And as he'
pointed out the spigot is not the
only or major cause of limited
water resources.
He stated, “I don’t have all the
answers or know all the causes for
the problem, but I do believe that
everyone has to start looking at
water conservation in a different
light. Water and soil conseivation
in food production
servation District, left, presented Marlin Rook with the 1981
Outstanding Cooperator Award during last week's Annual
ASCS and Conservation District Banquet.
should work hand-in-hand. ’ ’
One farming method that
practices this hand-m-hand con
servation measure is contour
chisel plowing. Wolff reported this
is one method the farmer can use
that will benefit him as well as add
to the ground water supply. He
explained that contour chisel
plowing creates a “well” or
drainage spots in the ground where
the water can seep and in'
turn prohibits erosion of the
quality top sod.
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“Another soil conservation
measure we have to start thinking
about is recycling waste,” said
Wolff. Today, be said, everything
is hooked up to sewage treatment
plants and the land is losing
valuable nutrients. One way to
prevent this loss is for the mun
cipalitities and farmers to work
together, Wolff suggested.
“Let the municipalities dump
sewage waste on the fields and in
return you will have the security of
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