1000 Farm Plans by SCS in Douglas County
About 1100 conservation farm plans prepared for roughly 1500 Douglas County farms over 20 years. As of 1965 end, 896 plans on record. new district cooperators sign up to receive plans. Plans outline decisions on soil and water conservation per acre, with maps and schedules guiding terracing waterways and related work.
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Douglas County
The
Soil Conservation Service
Douglas County Soil Conservation District
U. S
Trees And Shrubs Add Value In Kansas Yards
Selecting woody plants suited to Kansas helps solve yard problems. Large trees shade, shield from winds, frame views, reduce noise, and enhance beauty. Deciduous options include green ash hackberry bur oak and hybrid locusts. red oak sycamore London plane also perform well where adapted. Small ornamentals such as red bud Russian olive Washington hawthorn and western soapberry fit statewide.
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Kansas
Evergreen evergreens add winter color and windbreak
The article notes evergreen trees help block cold winters and provide background for other plants and winter foliage appeal. It lists Austrian pine as state-wide, Scotch or ponderosa pine in much of Kansas, and red cedars and junipers as hardy across the state.
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Kansas
Great Conservation Move In History From Soil Districts
ORVILLE W. LOVE notes that soil conservation districts across 105 Kansas counties enable the Soil Conservation Service to provide technical aid and cost-sharing programs. The piece highlights small watershed projects, urban-fringe support, and measurable gains in soil surveys, farm ponds, grass waterways, and 25 771 miles of terraces across 13 northeastern Kansas counties.
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Kansas
The
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Conservation Program
Farmers Home Administration
U. S. Forest Service
Agricultural Research Service
Extension Service
Agricultural Experiment Stations
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Frank Schirmer
Globe
Soil Conservation District
Journal-World Photo
SCS
Chester F. Paxson
Servation Farm
Bankers Award
Paxson
Soil Conservationists
Sid Oats Gram
Brome and Others
Rudy Patrick
Acme
J. West Feed Store
Orville W. Love
Ics
Department of Agriculture
Brown, Doniphan
Jackson
Atchison, Jefferson
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Douglas
Johnson, Osage
Franklin
Miami
America
Dick Nehrbass
RFD 3
Marl Nehrbass
Route 3
Hampshire
Nehrbass
Farmall
Nehrbasses
Kuhn Truck & Tractor, Inc
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