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Conservation farmer turns worn acres into productive pasture in Texas
Clarence Holcomb of Pittsburg Texas rebuilt a 110 acre farm once worn to dust. He organized a 16 neighbor soil conservation group in 1944, won two Lions Club Save the Soil awards, and transformed gullied hill land into productive pasture with Bermuda grass dallis grass and clover. Holcomb financed the project himself, added modern facilities, and sees his sons taking stake in the future.
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Clarence Holcomb
Pittsburg
Texas
Holcomb
Sulphur-Cypress
Sulphur- Cypress
Mt. Pleasant
Soil Conservation Service
Lions Club
Save the Soil
Save
Sulphur Cypress
Fort Worth
Vernon
Harles
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Tex