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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1977

Page

21

Conservation Aide Joins County Soil Office Career Path

JOAN ISTAS profiles a Kansas native known as Human, a 20 year old who joined the Franklin County Soil Conservation Office as a conservation aide on Dec 5 1976 and will become a soils technician in Aug 1977 after a year of training. Born in Wichita and raised in Eureka Wichita and Topeka, he previously served in the Army in Germany Switzerland Austria Italy and France before taking an outdoors oriented role with the Soil Conservation Service in Burlington. He enjoys outdoor work, hunting and fishing, photography, and plans to continue terraces waterways and pond design work in Ottawa residence at 727 Mulberry.

Joan Istas Dim Franklin County Soil Conservation Office Human Franklin County Burlington Kansas Steve Smith McDonald’s Germany The Soil Conservation Service Southwestern Bell Houston Tex June Jones Temple Carol Air Force Ottawa Mulberry

Area Extension Agronomist Talks Irrigation Costs and Yields

Gary Kilgore addressed area farmers on irrigation in the Courts building basement. He stressed water rights, fees, and priority rules for non irrigation uses, and cited average yield gains from irrigation for corn, sorghum, soybeans, and alfalfa. He outlined costs, required water, system types, power needs, and urged gypsum blocks to time irrigation, with initial costs around 150 to 400 dollars per acre.

Joan Istas Gary Kilgore Courts Kilgore Bozworth

Conservation progress in Kansas soil and water efforts

Conservation Facts Kansas reports fiscal year 1976 gains with 2,620 new cooperators taking total to 95,694. USDA Soil Conservation Service aided 2,182 landowners in creating plans for 881,000 acres. District cooperators implemented measures boosting land use, including 1,182,000 acres under improved agronomic practices and conservation cropping systems.

Kansas Usda Soil Conservation Service SCS

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