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Soil and Water Conservation
Districts in Oregon are lega1
subdivisions of the state and
were formed by county ballots.
The Heppner SCD was formed
in 1941 and the Boardman dis-
trict in 1947. In 1972, both dis-
tricts were combined to form
the Morrow SWCD which in-
cludes all land in Morrow
County. The SWCD Board is
made up of seven loca1ly elect-
ed directors from five zones
across the county.
The District's current annua1
plan includes working with
landowners on Rock Creek to
apply conservation practices,
shoreline erosion problems at
the Irrigon Marina and sub-
basin watershed assessment in
the county. Two Governor's
Watershed
Enhancement
Board grants will be completed
this year-the Bernard Damon
project and the Willow Creek
Riparian Enhancement Project.
The Boardman Park District has
requested assistance with
shoreline erosion problems
also.
An education partnership is
being planned for the coming
year. The partnership will in-
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volve water quality studies and
all county high school FFA or
science classes are interested in
being involved.
Past projects include trail
building with the help of the
Oregon Youth Conservation
Corps, Army Depot and Navy
Bombing range inventories,
and shoreline stabilization for
the Port of Morrow, which was
also a Resource Conservation &
Development project .
A hydro-mulcher is available
for rent and has been u sed on
roadside and critical area seed-
ing projects in Boardman, Ione
and Heppner. The District also
has a strawblower that is used
as a tool to control wind ero-
sion; it has been used from Lex-
ington to Boardman.
The District has state and fed-
era1 responsibilities for the
natural resources on the private
lands in Morrow County. We
have actively lead in solving
natural resouce problems by
obtaining funding for projects
and equipment. We are also ac-
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and assistance for, the local re-
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the British
Why is a mile 5,280 feet? .. .
and why is an acre 43,560
square feet?
In pre-Roman Britain , the
farmers' fields were separated
by stone walls. The unit of
measurement in these. fields
was the length of a typical plow
furrow or " furrow-long ",
which was gradually slurred in-.
to " furlong".
When the Romans arrived,
they went to work building .
roads so they could march a11
over the place very quickly.
They wanted all the roads sign-
posted with distances between
towns so they would know
how long it would take them to
march there. Their unit of mea-
surment was the " mile", deriv-
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" thousand" , because it was
equivalent to one thousand
marching strides. These guys
didn ' t muck about... their
strides were five feet!
Logically a mile should be
5,000 feet, but who said the
British were logical? They
pointed out that 5,000 feet is a
little over 7½ furlongs, and that
it would be more convenient to
make it a nice round eight fur-
longs. So now a mile is 8 x 220
yards, equa1ing 5,280 feet .
By the 13th Century, there
was a need to raise taxes. Th e
best way to do this was to re-
cord all property a nd p roperty
transaction s . But to do this re-
quired a fairly standard unit of
measuring land area. At the
time, an " acre" was defined as
the amount of land that could
be plo wed in one day. Ob-
viously, this depended o n the
strength of horse or oxen used
and the nature of the soil and
topography.
Distance was measured using
the sh aft to which two hor es
could be yoked, typ ically, a
piece of wood 16½ feet long .
This was termed a " rod " or
" pole". It was generally agreed
that an acre usually worked out
to be 40 poles lo ng by fou r
poles wide. This is equivalent
to one " furrow-long" (40 x 16½
feet equaling 220 yards) by one .
" acre-breadth", or 22 yards .
Ten lengths of a piece of chain
were used to measure an ac-
curate " furlong", and so the
" acre-breadth" became known
as the " chain" .
So today an acre is o ne fur-
long x one chain, or 220 yards
by 22 yards, or 660 feet by 66
feet, or 43,560 square feet. Con-
fused? .. . so were the British .
That is w hy they now use kilo-
meters and hecta res.
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be expensive and conservation ing year. In low ra infall zones,
compliance re quire ments a full year of summerfallow will
would be much more stringent. be necessary.
Selection of tillage equipment
All CRP fields should be soil-
will
depend on many factors. It ·
tested to program the proper
recommended
that all vege-
is
amount of nutrients for the suc-
tative
growth
be
returned
to the
ceeding crop. Higher levels of
soil.
Removal
of
overstory
veg-
fertility will be needed in the
and
dense
growth
may
etation
first year of crop production
be
necessary
for
present
tillage
due to the tie-up of nitrogen.
Various pests (weed and dis- equipment to work effectively.
eases) may be at high levels . If burning, be sure to follow
Cephalosporium Stripe may be prescribed burning techniques.
at epidemic levels. Consider Fa11 versus spring burning de-
spring cropping and alternative pends on the risk factors for fire
crops resistant to this disease . escape, weather conditions and
Canola, peas and spring grains, amount of fuel present. Other
such as barley, are good method s such as haying or
choices . Co ntrol methods for grazing may be used effective-
weeds such as cheatgrass, wild ly after the contract has ex-
oats o r rye will need to be con - pired .
The followin g are som e
sidered early and perhaps prior
possible
scenarios:
to CRP take-out.
Examples
of low rainfa11 area
Timing is crucial in getting
than
12"
)-fall chisel/sub-
(less
the field back into rotation . Ad-
herbicide,
spring
soil,
sp
ring
joining fields, even-odd rota-
disc
followed
by
minimum
till-
tions and balance of total crop-
age;
or
fall
prescribed
bum
ped acres on a farm o peratio n
and wildlife consideration s follo wed by chiseling, spring
may all influence the time herbicide, minimum tillage.
Examples of high rainfall area
frame of take-out. Returning
(more
than 12" )-fall chisel/sub-
crop production during the
soil,
spring
herbicide, spring
same year of contract expiration
moldboard
followed
by mini-
or even the following year may
mum
tillage,
early
fall
seed; or
not be possible due to limited
fall
prescribed
bum
followed
by
soil moisture. The best possible
chiseling,
spring
herbicide,
scenario with current policy
(take-out initiated 90 days prior d isc/moldboard follow ed by
to contract expiration) is in high limited tillage, early fall seed.
For assistance, contact your
precipitation zones where crop-
local
NRCS office, 676-5021.
pin~ may be feasible the follow-
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