Soil Erosion Issues Highlight SCS Publication
The Soil Conservation Service reports erosion harms water supplies and harbors. A new publication Sediment It's Filling Harbors Lakes and Roadside Ditches details erosion costs and cites Orval A. Bass of the Lancaster Farm & Home Center as the local contact for copies.
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Soil Conservation Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Orval A. Bass
Farm & Home Center
Arcadia Rd
Lancaster
USDA Buys Canned Tomato Juice
The U S Department of Agriculture bought 1 752 000 cases of canned tomato juice for distribution to needy families. Shipments in 46 ounce cans will be made Sept 16 through Dec 18 at a cost of 4 315 236 dollars, exclusive of transport.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
Sedimentation From Farmland Could Be Cut by 90 Percent
The passage notes sediment from farmland and construction, roads, and streambanks. Proper conservation practices could reduce sedimentation by as much as 90 percent, lowering costs for protecting harbors and coastal areas.
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