Fertilizer Benefits in Conservation Methods
The article explains how fertilizer enhances conservation by promoting rapid grass growth to bind soil and reduce runoff, and by boosting yields on less erodible land. It outlines factors shaping fertilizer use including soil properties, crops, past treatment, farmer resources, and soil and plant tests.
Douglas County Soil Conservation District 22 Years Of Service
Homer Gerstenberger outlines the district founded in 1965 serving farmers with soil and water conservation. He notes personnel changes, awards for long service, and collaboration with state and national associations, the Wakarusa Watershed plan, and ongoing efforts to preserve land productivity through terraces, ponds, and conservation work.
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Homer Gerstenberger
Douglas County Soil Conservation District Board of Agriculture
Douglas County Soil Conservation District
Douglas County
Emil Heck
George Butell
Leslie Demeritt
Wilson Counts
Roy Lawson
Wellsville
Donald Palmateer
Lawrence
State Soil Conservation Committee
Topeka
Wichita
State
National Assn. of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
National Association
Leonard Kasky
Robert McIntyre
Atchison County
Chester Paxson
Robert McIintyre
Leland Whaley
Harold Dickey
Gulf of Mexico
Board of Supervisors
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Dan Pherigo
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service Committee
Wakarusa
Watershed Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
D.C
Management for better use of labor and capital
Dorothy Neufeld, district Extension home management specialist in Iola, urges using resources more effectively. The guidance defines labor as time and energy, and includes both personally owned and community capital. It emphasizes leveraging personal qualities such as ability, attitude, adaptability, initiative, knowledge, and skill.
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Dorothy Neufeld
Iola
4-Hers Future Citizens Citizenship Project
Kansas 4 H club members enroll in a citizenship project that guides youth through six levels home club community state nation and world to develop positive citizenship as girls and boys plan work and play together.
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Kansas
Kansas 4 H Enrollment Opens for Youths Aged 8 to 19
All Kansas girls and boys between 8 and 19 on January 1 of the enrollment year are eligible to join 4 H. County Extension agents provide enrollment details to interested youth and their parents.
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Kansas
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Irvin F. Ross
SCS
Conservation Agronomist
Ross
Elmer Rappard
Route 2
Overbrook
Baldwin Junction
U. S. Highway 56
Journal-World Photo
Gerstenberger
Lassen
Area IV
Wyandotte County
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
Bowersock Mills & Power Co
Douglas County Soil Conservation Association
Lawrence, Kansas
General Farm Construction
Traiis Glass
Tonganoxie