Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1949 Page: 7 of 8
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A conservation farming plan has
already been worked out on Homer
Thompson’s farm In the Wilkinson
conservation group, 14 miles north
of Mt. Pleasant. In carrying out
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Richardson planted a pasture strip
to suiter fescue last fall on the
arta whert his terraces were to
empty. By fertilizing this area, this
fescue has made an excellent
growth and has a tight sod that
will protect the area from beiflg
washed or gullied by terrace wa-
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a complete lertilizer or ammonia]
nitrate. On the Lizzie Scott farm
in the Monticello group and the
Lewis Black farm in the Winfield-
group, this grass was planted on
bottomland having salt spots. Fes-
cue In these salt spots is making
excellent growth and since few
plants will grow in these areas,
this grass may prove valuable as
a permanent grass for these areas.
farmer in the East Pittsburg group,
is turning under an excellent
growth of Austrian winter peas.
Richardson is turning under these
peas in brder to start construction
of his terrace system this week.
A part of his terraces were con-
structed last yeai but safe out-
lets had to be established for the
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Soil Conservation
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E. J. Richardson, conservation
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established a 10 acre meadow, is
clearing the brush from his pas-
ture land, and overseeding his pas-
1 ture to annual lespedeza. Thomp-
son plans to drain 8 acres in his
pasture this summer. By draining
this 8 acres he will make fine
pasture land but in its present
condition it is worthless.
W. M. Phinney, conservation far-
mer in the Monticello group, start-
ed construction on a system of
channel type terraces on his farm
tills week. Phinney planned these
terraces when his conservation
farming plan was worked out on
Ills farm.
"That fescue grew faster than
any grass I have ever seen after
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Black. R S. Roundtree. Travis Beck.- a
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mer in the East Pittsburg group.
Richardson planted this fescue on
a pasture strip to fee used as an
cutlet for his terraces. The growth
was fair but after fertilizing it
made more growth in 10 days than
it had the previous two months.
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on your tires. A safety-print puts
the finger on dangerous tires. Safety-
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be corrected through mechanical
adjustments. Bring your
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station for Humble
Atlas Safety-Printing.
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seis of .Cie.i.'n work out a conserva-
| tion farming plan lor his farm, his
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| less kinds of timber Staggers plan-
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mer in the New Mine group 2 1-2 <
miles southwest of Pittsburg, turn- j >
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coyer and soil building crops to [ }
be turned under on cooperating I J
farms. in tli^ Sulphur-Cypress Soil <
Conservation' District this past | }
week. Wynne has already comple- I <
ted his . terracing system on his j }
cropland and this plant food and I ?
organic matter turned under will >
be heiy on his land and taken J
out by crops. On land not protece- ! )
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of this plant food and organic i {
matter would be lost by erosion, j J
"My m Ik production is going; J
up every day and this increase is \ {
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12 miles southeast uf Fittiburg. |
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tive pasti ’ es. badly eroded in spots j J
anfi covueu with trees and brush. <
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plan for his farm, treatments wereyO
planned to improve his pasture i R
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Holcomb has followed *h;s plan j D
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built up the fertility by rhe use’K
Of commercial fertilizer, moved to
conf-oi. weeds and bushes, end has D
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' merit has paid Holcomb in the past S
I four years and wilt continue to S
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management.
Over one-half miles of terraces
were cheesed for completion on the
J Y M.-ABchael farm in the Ca- a.
son conservation group, "by Soil ffi
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Devall, Charles K. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1949, newspaper, May 6, 1949; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1268172/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.