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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1968
Page
2
Grass waterways are essential to control erosion on Franklin County farms. If absent or failing, other erosion controls may fail too. Proper shaping ahead of seeding, firm moist seedbeds, mulch, and proper fertilization support establishment. Use fall, winter, or spring seedings with careful planting depth and rate, and monitor after rains to repair washes.
Eight FHA small business loans have been issued by the local Farmers Home Administration office in Wellsville, Rantoul, Richmond, Williamsburg, and Reading. Loans range from tools to shop buildings and equipment with a $3500 ceiling, aiding veterans and small towns while SBA and banks offer larger options.
In 1967 Franklin County saw 488 landowners seek soil and water conservation with 265 farms applying practices, but harsh weather limited work. Brush control affected 959 acres, terraces totaled 33 projects, stockwater ponds rose to 36 projects, 69 acres of waterways completed, and drainage ditches dropped to 1,880 feet. Earl Wier cites excessive rainfall since May as the main reason for the reduced activity.
U S Sen Mike Monroney plans a bill to remove toll roads from the Interstate Highway system. The measure would reimburse states for toll facilities built since 1940 and require Transportation Secretary approval before new tolls, targeting 22 facilities in 18 states and about 2359 miles.
Reed family near Pomona with 287 acres and livestock receives a conservation award. Mr and Mrs Roy E Reed have lived on the farm since 1954 and began conservation work in 1957 by building waterways. They expanded soil, crop and pasture practices on terenized land and added bottomland for crops while diversifying with corn milo wheat and soybeans. The article notes SCS offers careers in soil science engineering agronomy woodland conservation agricultural economics biology and range conservation to graduates.
In Redding California officers joked about a local youth charged with marijuana possession. The youngster lived in the town of Weed California, a quirk noted by Ottawa Herald in its Tuesday January 23 1968 Page 4 edition.
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