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The Sandy (Ore.) Post
Thursday, April 4, 1963 (Sec. 2)
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Technician
Will Help
Make Plan
BY HAROLD JAMES
Soil Conservationist
Have you ever stopped to
consider what crops to plant
and how well they will pro
duce? Of course, every busi
ness nun must make his cal
culations and then take ThV1
risk. The problem is to be sure
you have considered all the
available material in making
your decision.
Many farmers of the North
Clackamas Soil Conservation
District have taken advantage
of the technical service avail
able to them, through coopera
tion with the District, to bet
ter understand their farm pro
gram.
One of the many services
that are provided is “Farm
Planning" where, at the farm
er's request a technician will
assist him and the farm in
evaluating his long range pro
gram.
The technician will have a
soil map and soil descriptions
to help the and operator to *
better understand the soils.
Also he will have a land-use
map to record field layout and
cropping plan.
As they walk over the farm
they will discuss plant adapta
tion, fertilizer response, water
development, drainage prab-
lems, etc. The end product is
a plan for the farm that in
cludes a soil map, soil de
scriptions, a land use map and
a record of how each field
can be used.
My job as a Soil Conserva
tionist includes assisting the
Soil Conservation District in
developing farm plans on co
operator’s farms. Some of the
major problems encountered
during the past year have
been, what to do with cut over
land to get it back into pro
duction, cover crops for soil
protection, and water develop
ment for irrigation.
In most cases we have been
able to solve the problem with
our local staff, but in the more
difficult solutions
specialists
from the area and state offices
were ask to assist.
I think that the question
most often asked is, "What if I
change my mind?” This is the
farmer's plan and to be effec
tive it must be flexible enough
to be workable. If any condi
tion should arise that would
change the decision made, it
should be reflected in the farm
plan.
These two feminine farmers are supervisor and assistant
supervisor respectively, of the North Clackamas Soil Con
servation District. Mrs. Erna Batcheller on the left, farms
100 acres of strawberries, blackberries and broccoli in the
Damascus aea. Mrs. Marion H. Kenney, who heads Hood
Acres Corporation, raises 230 acres of seed potatoes and
red clover seed in the Cottrell area.
It’s Phil Richards & Son
The Mississippi River annu
ally dumps into the Gulf of
Mexico almost a billion tons of
topsoil ... If put in a line
of 10-ton trucks placed end to
end. they would stretch from
Alaska to the southern tip of
South America, a distance of
more than 9.000 miles! —
Cheyney and Schantz ■ Han
sen, in "This Is Our Land.”
Annual Meet
(Continued from page D
state provide scholarships for
teachers for one week at Hoo
doo Bowl Workshop, where the
teachers learn all about con
servation They are then well
enough informed to instruct
children in the fundamentals
of conservation. Johnson said
these teachers are also inter
esting speakers for Soil Con
servation meetings in their
areas.
Another
pertinent
fact
brought out at the meeting was
the existence, a year ago. of
60 Soil Conservation Districts
in Oregon, with more being or
ganized
A no ■ host luncheon w a s
served at noon, followed by
two films on interesting facets
of soil conservation.
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