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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1969
Page
13
In 1968 Franklin County saw more soil and water conservation activity than 1967 with 454 landowners seeking technical help and 246 farms applying practices. 61 new cooperators joined the district, terraces and drainage ditches expanded, and grass waterways covered 115 acres.
Emmett L. Richt er explains that shaping waterway soil needs pre treatment with quick cover crops to add organic matter. Sudan grass milo or cereals protect soil, then is disked in to seed brome grass with a nurse crop, mowing when needed, and using switchgrass or reeds canary grass on seep areas.
Raymond Gillette and his wife Ada have farmed near Ottawa for over 30 years on a 700 acre parcel devoted to wheat soybeans corn and alfalfa They raise about 70 Hereford cattle He terraced over three miles of land and contoured about 160 acres and seeded waterways with chrome grass including a half mile of streams He installed five ponds and is building another to capture runoff and supply water for cattle and wildlife He cleared a swamp and used the land for drainage ditches with a bridge to improve field access
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