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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1972
Page
3
The article argues crop practices influence sediment pollution and erosion. It compares conventional tillage with chisel plowing, zero tillage, and strip till, detailing effects on infiltration, runoff, and soil loss. It notes economic and environmental factors shaping adoption, including benefits and drawbacks of reduced tillage.
Mr and Mrs Donald Lickteig of Richmond describe the impact of Dutch elm disease since 1957 with eight elms removed and replaced by balsam or hackberry trees. Lickteig, a Franklin Council conservation award winner, details farm improvements, crop practices, pasture management, and plans to plant more trees and expand brome pastures while sharing experiences from losing shade trees and a storage shed in a prior fire.
The passage traces recurring dust storms from the 1930s across the Great Plains, noting repeated severe droughts roughly every two decades. It contrasts the Southern and Northern Plains drought durations, with the 1931 drought persisting over seven years in the South and five in the North, and recalls historical desert labeling before settlement.
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