Conservation program aids Teton County farms in 1960
The Agricultural Conservation Program ending 1960 shared costs to plant grasses and legumes for erosion control, establish contour strips, field stripcropping, shelterbelts, and range improvements on dozens of farms. It funded water conservation, irrigation reorganization, drainage works, and soil protection projects totaling about 134000 dollars in Teton County.
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Conservation Plans Emphasized by District Supervisor
Conservation Planning gains emphasis with 30 plans set for 1961 in Teton County. Bill Ausmus and Bill Vance work with operators. nine plans finished and three more underway. Six reasons outline value including soil and resource inventory, profitable land use, guiding soil maintenance, documenting decisions, combining knowledge with technician skill, and improving living conditions. Brent Weight has completed soil surveys on ten operating units this year.
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Soil Stewardship Week Emphasizes Shared Land Responsibility
In Soil Stewardship Week May 10 14 the article urges all Americans urban and rural to recognize their duty to the land. It calls farmers, engineers, lumbermen, contractors and city dwellers to steward soils for present and future generations, noting land belongs to none and we are merely stewards.
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A Summary of Water Rights Laws Montana Montana law basics
A water right is a property use right not ownership of the water. Use must be for beneficial irrigation to meet seasonally reasonable needs and respect other rights. Rights arise from settlers ditching for a useful purpose or filing with backdating doctrine. they can be lost by adverse use or abandonment. Ditch and water rights are distinct. water use is limited by either the ditch capacity or the water right. Duty of water is the irrigation need per acre, commonly one inch but variable. legal measure is cubic feet per second, where 1 cubic foot equals 40 miners inches.
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USS Franklin D Roosevelt Carrier Described With Decks
The attack aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt is noted to have sixteen decks and includes the island super structure.
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