Annual Soil Conservation District Report
The twenty eighth annual report to the people of the Washington County Soil Conservation District thanks contributors and outlines technical assistance from the Soil Conservation Service and state committees. It lists district governing body members and district personnel including Paul Boettcher and Lester Luckenbill with assistants from the Soil Conservation Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
State Soil Conservation Committee
Extension Service
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
County Engineer and Board of Supervisors
District Forester
State Conservation Commission
County Conservation Board
Farmers’ Home Administration
Vocational Agriculture Department
KCI
Ainsworth Earl Wright
Brighton
Paul Boettcher
SCS
Lester Luckenbill
Grant McKune
John Eckes
Tom Brown
Cooperative efforts fix gully and drainage issues across townships
County supervisors partnered with landowners to stabilize gullies by installing risers on culverts and coordinating tile drainage and terracing. Landowners involved include Carl Prybil John Skubal Walter Duvall Clyde Dawson Leonard Adrain in addition to joint projects by Joe Wood Frank Sands in Oregon township Harold Sheets Robert Waterhouse Sr in Dutch Creek township William Day Ray Kephart Dwane Shalla in Clay township and Dillon Graber Maynard Widmer in Marion township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Carl Prybil
John Skubal
Walter Duvall
Clyde Dawson
Leonard Adrain
Joe Wood
Frank Sands
Oregon Township
Harold Sheets
Robert Waterhouse
Dutch Creek
William Day
Ray Ke
Lake Darling erosion control push expands cost sharing
The Washington County Soil Conservation District promotes erosion control in the Lake Darling watershed to reduce siltation. County ASCS and State Conservation committees offer up to 85 percent cost sharing for terraces waterways and pond structures. From 1970 to 1971 fourteen landowners installed ponds terraces waterways and tile. Cooperating farmers include Willard Loeffler Ray Mourer Roy Rogers Dwane Shalla and Earl Wright. Ponds built by Ken Farrier Harvey Hoskins Ray Mourer Don Dickinson and William Day. Waterways built by Willia Horton Roy Kephart Ken Farrier and Ray Mourer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Soil Conservation District
Lake Darling
ASCS
State Conservation Committee
Willard Loeffler
Ray Mourer
Roy Rogers
Dwane Shalla
Earl Wright
Ken Farrier
Harvey Hoskins
Don Dickinson
William Day
Willia Horton
Roy Kephart
District commissioners report busy year 1971 in Washington County
The district meetings, monthly on first Thursdays, covered staff changes, budgets, and plans. Key actions included revising the 1971 plan, approving a recreational inventory, requesting SCS watershed inventories, and advancing the Iowa Cedar River Basin study with regional and state cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus Reed
Earl Wright
Ames
Larry Shalla
Harold Ganon
Richard Stephens
Herb Campbell
Soil and Water Conservation District
SCS
Washington County
Paul Boettcher
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa - Cedar River
Washington Evening Journal
Shalla
Reed
Boettcher
IASCO
Amana
FFA
Mid - Prairie
Washington
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Washington
Grant McKune
Fairfield
Tile Outlet Terraces Prove Effective Soil Erosion Control
The Tile Outlet Terrace TOT system slows soil loss and serves multiple roles from watershed erosion control to end-of-drainage structure. After December 1971 rains in Washington county most TOTs remained full briefly then drained, demonstrating efficiency and low cost as 20 farmers installed them in 1971.
Mulch Tillage Gains In Washington County
Chisel plowing and mulch tillage rise in popularity as farmers seek erosion control and better soil moisture. About 150 farmers in Washington County have adopted mulch tillage and abandoned the moldboard plow on much of their cropland amid a shift to continuous row cropping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Rural township slate lists candidates and revisions
Washington Evening Journal lists candidate names across multiple townships including Lime Creek English River English River Iowa Cedar Jackson Highland Oregon Washington Franklin Dutch Creek Clay Brighton Marion Crawford with revisions noted. The page dated Monday April 24 1972 outlines races and revisions for many townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lime Creek
Raymond Sieren
Dennis Berger
Gordon Schlabaugh
Bessie Hagist
Ernest Lampe
Calvin Griffith
Ellen LaVelle
English River
William Riggan
Emil H. Ropp
Roy Canott
Floyd Walker
Paul W. E. Miller
Iowa
Robert Kron
Paul McAndrew
Elton Corporation
Bernard Thomann
Washington Evening Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverside Harold Ganon
Washington James McCreedy
Grover Rosenhild
Vernon Roth
Roth
Jeanette Miksch
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Marion Swanson
Anton Kiefer, Jr
Mourer
Jim Frier
Wright
McKune
Associations of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Madrid
McCreedy
Commissioners
Des Moines
Lawrence Miksch
Grover Rosenkild
Ly G.W. Rosenkild
Lester Jones
Crawfordsville
Dave Brinning
Duane Shalla
Howard
Harold Bohr
Wellman
Duane Redlinger
Steve Wiggers
Edward Miller
Ford Marie
Richard Swailes
Ainsworth
Dillon Graber
Maynard Widmer
Vernon Leichty
Wayland
Sikke Temple
Jim Waterhouse
Keota
Leroy O'Conner
Keith Horn
Riverside
Ray Maorer
Richland
Journal Photo
Financial Report
Soils Commissioners
James McCreedy
Harold Gamon
George Zimmerman
Frank Kaalberg
John O’brien
Victor Strabala
Cedar
John Duvall
Walter Smith
Nina Smith
Earl Booth
Rolland Benson
Homer Porter
Jackson
Chancy Litwiller
Edwin Horn
Dale Marek
Robert Marek
Highland
Ralph Goody
Ardell Gerot
Don W. Swailes
Paul Herring
John Quinn
Lyle Fox
Oregon
Harold Cortum
Donald Zwick
Franklin Township
Clyde Dawson, Jr
Yaro Chmelar
James W. Reed
Raymond Greiner
Waldo Miller
Robert Wright
Wm. Walker D. Vincent
Jerry Greiner
Verne Miller
Carol Richardson
Don
Dennis Sieren
Alvin Vittetoe
Clarence Lynn
Clay
Donald Wyse
Leo Forinash
Victor Parcell
Dickinson
Marion
James Sorensen
Edward C. Miller
Neal Roth
Crawford Township
Calvin Leichty
Gene Lintz
William Dunn
The
American Red Cross
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