Glanville Family Implements Windbreak and Farm Improvements
Mr and Mrs Fred Glanville of Ottawa RFD 2 are shaping a 300 foot red cedar windbreak to shelter their herd of about 40 cows and 30 feeders on 280 acres. They began conservation efforts in 1941, built drainage ditches and terracing, and established five stock water ponds. Their son Wallace Traver Glanville teaches chemistry in Shawnee Mission and has two daughters. another daughter and her husband live in Kansas City and Franklin respectively. a third daughter and her husband reside with two children in Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Glanville
Ottawa
RFD 2
Glanville
Wallace Traver Glanville
Shawnee Mission
Gary Brown
Kansas City
Jim Congrove
Franklin
Ned
Congrove
Bankers Award
Reid Dunlap
Baldwin
Glen O’conner
Richland
Alvin Fishburn
Lawrence Rfd
Elmer Petesch
John Zebb
Wilson Counts
Douglas County Soil Conservation District
Douglas County Plans Annual Soil Meeting in January
The Douglas County Soil Conservation annual meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. January 29 at the 4 H Fairgrounds. Roy Free, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, will speak on agriculture's role in the economy. The event highlights local farming activity with posters and essays by students, and honors five farmers with Bankers awards for soil and water conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Soil Conservation
Roy Free
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Davidson Farm Leads With Conservation Efforts and Stock
Keith and wife from rural Rantoul own 320 acres on which they operate 480 total. They live seven miles northeast of Princeton, have 160 cattle, 60 ewes and several lambs. Davidson joined the conservation program nine or ten years ago and has terraced and cleared brush, built stockwater ponds, and improved fence rows. They have three children: Joy, Dawn, and Mrs Steve Froggatte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Davidson
Rantoul
Princeton
Davidson
Davidsons
Steve Froggatte
Joy Davidson
Police urge tips on recent burglaries via post box
Mecklenburg County police have a new post office box and urge citizens to mail information about crimes especially housing burglaries. Patrolman W. S. Stegall says residents may be more willing to send tips by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N.C
Mecklenburg County
W. S. Stegall
Congress Again Authorizes Funds For Farmers Conservation
Congress renews financial support for soil and water conservation under the 1936 Soil Conservation Act. Franklin County 1968 ACP offers 13 practices with 40 to 80 percent cost sharing, funded through ASCS. Practices include ponds, terraces, open drainage, wildlife ponds, limestone applications, long term vegetative cover, and more with varying caps per acre or per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
ACP
Franklin County
ASCS
Soil Conservation Service
Let Trees Breathe Planting Depth Advice
Fall tree planting should avoid deep placement to allow proper root aeration. Deep planting risks slower growth and decline, with some trees failing to develop normal buttressing even eight years later once they reach the soil line.
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Mr. and
Mrs
Flint Hills
Chase County
Mrs. Glanville
Douglas County
Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Roy Lawson
Wellsville
Don Palmateer
Lawrence
Homer Gerstenberger
Eduron
Orvil Pohl
Fontana
Emporia State
Dawn
Unified School District
By Fredwood
Ottawa Herald
Wallace
Wiseman
Rome
Wellsville, Kansas
Norman Scott
Construction Company
Bob Snodgrass
Herbert Kepple
Richmond
Ambrose Scheckel
RFD
Roy E. Reed
Pomona
Albert Carpenter
Raymond Carpenter
N. Cedar
Memorial Auditorium
Nuzman Lumber
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