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NORRISTOWN - “Fanners in
Montgomery County are finding
inexpensive ways to control
erosion on their land. They are
utilizing their moldboard plows
and tractors to plow in cropland
terraces,” according to Bill Van
Fossen, Soil Conservation
Technician of the Soil Con
servation Service (SCS) in Mon
tgomery County. “Fanners are
able to do most of the work
themselves, and can realize
considerable savings in time and
money,” says Van Fossen.
The Soil Conservation Service
will lay out terraces and work with
the farmer to plow them in. With a
four bottom plow, a decent size
tractor, and if conditions are right,
one could plow in about 1000 feet of
terrace in an hours’ time. This
would normally take about 6 to 8
hours with a bulldozer building the
terrace. After the terrace has been
Schlosser gets award
Blaine Schlosser, agricultural
extension agent from Crawford
County, was honored at the
National Association of County
Agricultural Agents meeting held
last month.
Schlosser received the
Distinquished Service Award
during the Oct. 8-13 meeting in
Wichita, Kan. At the awards
dinner, four Pa. agents were
recipients of this coveted award.
These men all have served more
than ten years as extension agents.
Along with Blaine Schlosser of
Crawford were Dave Gordon,
Jefferson Co.; Orville Yoder
Bradford Co. and Bill Kelly of
Westmoreland Co.
Schlosser has been an agent for
23 years, serving the first two in
Warren Co. and the remainder in
Crawford. He has been active in all
phases of agriculture and is highly
respected in the county.
He and his family reside at R 3
Saegertown. NK
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How to control erosion economically
plowed in, a bulldozer is often
required to “touch up” the high
and low spots, and to assure the
correct grades and size. This
would require approximately 2
hours of bulldozer time for 1000
feet of terrace, depending on the
extent of “touch up” needed. The
total is a savings of 35 to 50% of the
normal cost. If a fanner has his
own loader to do the “touch up”, he
could even save more time and
money.
“One Montgomery County
farmer, Curtis Nice of Souderton,
plowed in 1500 feet of cropland
terraces on his farm this year. He
has some beautiful terraces, and
he saved a considerable amount of
money in doing the job himself,
says Van Fossen. “The terraces
that were successful on Curtis’s
farm, prompted one of his
neighbors, Levi Alderfer, to plow
in some terraces also,” said Van
Fossen. Levi plowed in 1500 feet of
terraces on his farm, and a farm
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he rents. The rented land was
experiencing excessive erosion
and these “plow in terraces were
just the answer to solve this
problem with little expense to Mm.
“Both Curtis Nice and Levi
Alderfer are aware of the ever
increasing problems of erosion,
and they are doing something to
control it on their farms,” says
Van Fossen.
“Plowing in terraces is an
inexpensive and effective way of
controlling erosion and main
taining the productivity of the land
for years to come,” says Van
Fossen. The Soil Conservation is
available for assistance to anyone
interested in controlling erosion on
their land. For more information
on this and other practices, contact
the local Soil Conservation Service
in your County. In Montgomery
County the Soil Conservation
Service is located at 1725 Markley
Street, Norristown, Pa. 19401
Phone: 279-1178.
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