Conservation Award Honors Union Parish ACP Leader
Garland Wade, Union Parish ACP office manager, received an incentive award for outstanding operation and leadership in the Agricultural Conservation Program. H. L. Sisson cited Wade’s role in promoting coastal bermuda grass cover and lime spreading, noting over 3,600 acres of coastal bermuda established in the parish. Wade has served since April 1955 and fostered cross agency cooperation to maximize ACP funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Wade
Union Parish Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Farmerville
H. L. Sisson
ASCS
Sisson
Wade
Parish
ACP
Pro
Bermuda
Union Parish
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North Louisiana Hill Farm
Pastures In Area Boosted By Rains
S R Aycock with the Soil Conservation Service in Ouachita Parish says recent rains perked up rye grass oats wheat clover and fescue with little water runoff and ponds mostly steady though some low. Large fescue tracts benefited and ponds varied by source but remained valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Aycock
Soil Conservation Service
Ouachita Parish
Aycock
Travis
Howlard
Wall’s Lake
Joe Dixon
Bermuda
Drainage and land leveling keyed to 1964 plans
Ouachita Parish County Agent J J Joyce Jr urges land drainage, ditching and hole filling as key 1964 improvements. SCS and ASCS support engineering and financing, with local contractors and self help options. Corn uses, starch by products and feed needs noted along with recent pond stocking and seedling orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Joyce Jr
Ouachita Parish
United States
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