Shelterbelt Plantings To Reach 1644 Miles This Year
State Shelterbelt Director A L Ford notes rapid progress in the 1939 program with 1594 farms in South Dakota already having protective belts. By spring 806 miles are slated to be planted on about 1800 farms, bringing total to 1644 miles across roughly 3100 farms. Benefits include soil and moisture conservation, wind reduction, fuel and fencing wood, and wildlife improvements. Cooperation on landowner parts remains high with only about 1.5 percent abandoned.
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South Dakota
Forest Service
Huron
Mitchell
Watertown
Hecla
Brookings
de Smet
Armour
South
Dako
Fies
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Vermillion
Survival Of Trees Is 61 Per Cent In Shelterbelts
The Forest Service reported survival of more than 61 percent of trees planted in farm shelterbelts and wind breaks last year by the Prairie Sites Forestry Project. Plantings totaled 320 miles in North Dakota, 431 in South Dakota, 1,006 in Nebraska, 700 in Kansas, 1,039 in Oklahoma, and 736 in Texas. Grasshoppers caused the greatest loss, aided by rabbits and mice. drought was not a major factor.
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Washington
Forest Service
Prairie Plains
Priie Sites Forestry Project
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Felds
Marketing Drives Growth in 1998 Farm Sales, Warburton Says
Extension Director Dr. C. W. Warburton reports 1998 county agricultural agents aided farmers in marketing over 640 million dollars of produce. Cooperation and youth programs, including 4-H, expanded marketing efforts across more than 2,000 counties with 14,000 local leaders guiding 1.2 million farmers.
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C. W. Warburton
W. Warburton
United States Department of Agriculture
Cooperative Agricultural Extension Services
Federal Fair Board
Terichir ‘Sh Club
Shelterbelt trees show strong survival and wind protection gains
Forest Service data reveal survival rates by species with honey locust, green ash, and choke cherry leading at 83 80 and 68 percent. Plantings across 6 271 miles of shelterbelts guard about 2 000 000 acres, with some trees reaching 29 to 30 feet and shielding crops and soil from wind for two decades or more.
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Kentucky
Shelterbolts
Lang
Forest Service
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A. L. Ford
Jungemann Place
Soil Conservation Service
South-Dakota
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