Great Plains Conservation Aims Explained By Worth
Worth Ki Allen outlines the voluntary Great Plains Conservation program to improve farm stability through cropping grazing and land use changes. Farmers receive up to 80 percent cost share for practices like terraces waterways and fencing with a max annual limit of 2500 dollars for dam and pond improvements. Contracts span 3 to 10 years and allow use of existing programs while preserving cropland allotments.
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Great Plains
Worth Ki. Allen
Terry County
Secretary of Agriculture
Ieat Plains Conservation
Soil Bank
Castorbean Yields Rise in 1965 Tests at High Plains Foundation
Castorbean yields increased in 1965 tests at the High Plains Research Foundation. An experimental strain led with 3,354 pounds per acre in the Halfway trial, with 20 entries showing yields above 3,000 pounds. Trials ran May 7 1965 to Jan 3 1966, with 16.32 inches of irrigation and 12.83 inches of rainfall.
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High Plains
High Plains Research Foundation
Foundation
Crisis in the countryside and complacency in conservation
A speech warns of two crises in rural America: ongoing land erosion and complacent attitudes toward conservation. It argues urgent, intensified farming and planning to protect productive land, water, and national wealth as population grows and urban life depends on rural resources.
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Missouri
Montana
America
Sgt Wilkerson Graduates Special Weapons Course
Technical Sergeant Allan D. Wilkerson has graduated with honors at Sheppard Air Force Base from the training course for U. S. Air Force special weapons transportation technicians. He is the son of W. P. Wilkerson of Lucas Kansas and married to Ola Carter of Wichita. Wilkerson, a Luray High School graduate, will be assigned to Cannon AFB New Mexico for duty with the Tactical Air Command. He is a Korean War veteran and attended Fort Hays Kansas State College.
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Allan D. Wilkerson
Sheppard Air Force Base
U. S. Air Force
Sgt. Wilkerson
W. P. Wilkerson
Lucas, Kan
Ola Carter
W. V., Carter
816
Wilkerson
Luray
Kans
Cannon Air Force Base
N. M
Tactical Air Command
Fort Hays
Kansas State College
Farmers urged to conserve soil as 30 percent treated
The Brownfield News-Herald notes farmers and ranchers bear the heaviest responsibility for soil conservation. It says 30 percent of sour land is properly treated and questions the fate of the remaining 70 percent, linking cotton as a major industrial fabric.
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Mozelle Ratliff
Soil Conservation Service
Charmglow
Pisnser Matural Gas Company
Cannon AF Base
Brownfield News
Herald Sun
Shugart
College Ave
Nathan Lindley
John R. Ball
Lubbock Production Credit Association
W. Powell
Dial
Johnson Gin
Foster Gin
Johnson Gin, Inc
Bonard Stice
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