Soil Conservation Key To Flood Prevention Program
The article explains flood prevention hinges on upstream dams and land treatment under Soil Conservation District leadership. It emphasizes local participation, land plans, and voluntary income for maintenance, noting Public Law 566 and the need for local sponsoring organizations to secure operation funds and easements for dam works.
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O. B. Harkey
Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
SCD
Harkey
Middle
Colorado
Trinity
Texas
Petention
Landowner easements may reduce cash needs for dam maintenance
Harkey notes that landowner grants to protect dam sites could keep initial cash outlay low. Soil Conservation district supervisors expect current owners to guard dams against grazing and neglect, but future generations may face large maintenance costs if funds are not secured.
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Soil Conservation District
Harkey
Antarctic Temperatures Colder Than Arctic For Generations
A crisp note in this archive compares polar climates noting Antarctica runs colder than the Arctic. The line suggests thirty three years commonly marks a generation in cultural references.
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The
Antarctic
Arctic
Federal Land Bank Cuts Interest Rate in Houston Meeting
At a stockholders meeting in Houston Sterling C. Evans, president, announced a reduction of one fifth of 1 percent in new loan rates. New loans now at 5 percent and existing loans above 5 percent get relief. The move marks a rare internal rate cut within the Land Bank System and is the bank’s second such action in Houston.
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Federal Land Bank of Houston
Houston
Sterling C. Evans
Land Bank
Houston Bank
Land Bank cuts loan rates and offers new money loans
The Land Bank announces reduced interest on existing loans and a new practice allowing borrowers with a 4 percent loan of $1,000 or more to obtain an additional loan at 5 percent on new funds while leaving the old loan in place. The Federal Land Bank funds its $200 million in loans via bond sales to the public.
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Evans
Federal Land Bank
National Farm Loan Associations
Farm and ranch owners to gain from lower rates in Texas
Reduction in interest rates will mean substantial savings each year to thousands of farm and ranch owners in Texas. Massachusetts means place of the great hills. Jujitsu means literally the gentle art.
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Texas
Massachusetts
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