Wildlife conservation week in Palo Alto County
Conservation Week runs June 20 to 26 highlighting soil as vital for survival. Henry D. B. Tordoff of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service notes soil, rain, and sun produce food, fiber, and wildlife, with birds controlling pests and supporting grain quality. The SCS and State Conservation Commission assist in developing wildlife areas and erosion is reduced by contour farming. Palo Alto County schools receive Soil Conservation District workbooks to teach resources, with 965 ordered for 1966 1967.
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Palo Alto County
Henry DB. Tordoff
U.S.D.A
Tordoff
S.C.S
State Conservation Commission
Towers
Kinneth Kassel
Palo Alto Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Harold &. Hughes
State of Laws
New Practices Boost Soil and Water Conservation
Palo Alto County farmers adopt modern methods this year including the county’s first farm bench terrace first tiled intake for terraces and first dugout pond. More farmers than ever prepare conservation plans with a soil and water inventory on their farms.
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Palo Alto County
Conservation planning and practices in Palo Alto County farms
Henry D. B. Yordoff of the USDA Soil Conservation Service explains that a conservation farm plan records a farmer’s land use decisions aligned with soil capabilities. In Palo Alto County, practices include contour farming, grass waterways, farm ponds, erosion structures, tiling, and terrace drains, with many old terraces slated for modernization to parallel terrace systems.
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Tordoff
SCS
Palo’ Alto
Contour 832 Acres Project Touts Local Soil Work
Contour lines laid out this year in Palo Alto County for 32 acres by Soil Conservation Service technicians. Named participants include Charles North Einer Appel Clarissa Swansen Robert Weisbrod Stanley Johnson Bernard Higgins Gene Higgins Fd Brennan R H Wegener Max Dudley Maurice Allen Irvin Solberg Stanley Simonson Harold Fisher Robert Teiman Max Rouse Cleo Gravlund William Schupfer Emmet Degnan Charles Davidson Rodney Swanson Paul Rink Donald Rouse Arnold Bisgaard Philip Janssen Fred Goodchild. Contouring helps farm fields drain evenly and reduce erosion.
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Charles North
Einer Appel
Clarissa Swansen
Robert Weisbrod
Stanley Johnson
Bernard Higgins
Gene Higgins
Fd Brennan
R. H. Wegener
Max Dudley
Maurice Allen
Irvin Solberg
Stanley Simonson
Harold Fisher
Robert Teiman
Max Rouse
Cleo Gravlund
William Schupfer
Emmet Degnan
Charles Davidson
Rodney Swanson
Paui Rink
Donald Rouse
Arnold Bisgaard
Philip Janssen
Fred Goodchild
Iowa State Dairy Staff Promote National Meeting Work
Fourteen Iowa State University dairy staffers join the American Dairy Science Association program at the Oregon State University national meeting scheduled June 26 to 29. Don Voelker and H Nielsen lead the committee. papers cover milk fat, autoxidation, bloat potential, silage and concentrate feeds, and dairy record evaluation across nine states.
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ISU
Iowa State University
American Dairy Science Association
Oregon State University
Corvallis
Ore
Don Voelker
H. Nielsen
Department of Dairys
Industry
Department of Dairy and Pood Taedustry
G. Radhaveer
E.G. Hammond
Op . L. Hatin
Tuna Go Round Salad
A simple salad combines tuna with shredded small head cabbage and sliced cucumber for a light dish.
Prize Increases For Ayrshire Contest Winner
A contest winner from Ayrshire receives a $100 prize this Wednesday as part of a city event. The prize will rise to $150 next week, per secretary Gloria Leeon Hardt of the local chamber.
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