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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1961
Page
4
Health Information Foundation notes that the 1960 Census may show the health field rising to third among major U.S. industries in employment, with physicians dentists nurses and other health workers expanding more rapidly than the overall population in the last decade.
The report notes a strong start to conservation work in Teton County this year aided by light winter. It lists 444 acres staked for land leveling with 121 acres completed and 168 nearly finished, 274 acres improved by border dikes and contour ditches, 134 irrigation structures feasibility checked, two livestock water pits dug, 0.3 mile of tile drain installed, and 30 acres of range land water spreading. It also mentions a plan to irrigate 20 acres not previously served and ongoing surveys for drainage and spring developments. The Soil Conservation Service provides tools and supplies. farmers may sign with ASC for cost sharing, with landowners to fund measures.
Farmers unable to seed wheat acreage due to abnormal weather may have history protected under a special provision. Notify the County ASC office by June 1 in writing, stating the weather cause, to preserve full 1961 wheat history. Preservation not allowed if releasing stored wheat from underplanting. Requests filed at the Choteau County ASC office.
George Schumann of Clover Valley Nevada shows how soil and water conservation program upgrades turned 270 irrigated acres into high altitude hay fields. Through alfalfa and clover grass stands, four to five inch sod removal, and careful leveling with district help, his yield rose from under a ton per acre to about 4.3 tons, while using less irrigation and cutting costs.
W H Vance reports the Great Plains Conservation program has 6 154 plans signed across ten states by April 1, covering 15 85 million acres. In Teton County only three plans exist, signaling unmet need and urging farmers to sign applications for Soil Conservation Service aid and a county plan based on a full soil survey with cost sharing over three to ten years.
Mrs. Maybelle J. Kelley named Columbia Falls Woman of the Year by the local Business and Professional Women. She has served as a Flathead county native and star route mail carrier from Columbia Falls to Hungry Horse and Martin City for 11 years.
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