Eleventh Annual Soil Conservation Issue Preview
The Comanche Chief marks its eleventh annual Soil Conservation Issue dated from a May 1953 start. Local leaders and farmers, including Wade K. Frey and John Simpson, helped launch the project, with County Judge R. E. Seay designating Official Soil Conservation Week May 3-9. Community boosters Luker Barton and Fritts advanced the program through the 1940s and 1950s in Comanche County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simpson
Comanche County
R. E. Seay
Texas
John Luker
Borden Company of
Houston
John A. Barton
Comanche County Soil Notes and Moral Parable
In Comanche County Texas a soil conservation program is praised as a major force since 1856. The article notes the county’s population, peanut production, dairies, beef cattle and pecan trees, plus rivers and post offices. A biblical moral on soil stewardship follows with a story of a farmer who neglects soil health and faces decline, ending with a tombstone epigram about life’s troubles and the paradox of growing old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Texas
U.S. Census Department
Comanche, de Leon
Gustine
Comanche
Ember
ASCS
Soil conservation and crop rotation urged to save farms
The text warns that public opinion shifts with a man's wealth and actions, urging soil conservation to secure a farmer's future. It cites Texas soil erosion, prompts a vigorous conservation program, and recalls Goforth Texas as a cautionary tale of fertility loss and depopulation.
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C. Wilkerson & Sons
J. C. Wilkerson
J. C. Wilkerson, JR
Wilkerson
Bette
Dublin
Gorman
Bienker
Carbon
May
Zephyr
Tones
Wade K. Frey
Simpeon
Downing
W. J. Fritts
van Dyke
Upper Leon
Zation
Manche
North
South
Leons
Jimmy
de Leon
Proctor
Hasse
Sidney
Energy
Lamkin
Parker County
Fort Worth
Les
Leas
New Eng
New Orleans
Texas A&m College
America
Goforth
Dupils
Ghorst
ZEBCO
Maio Aitenie
Dre
Exomaike
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