The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-09-19
E. OYBond Picks Up Interesting
Pointers In Soil Conservation

oOh SOIlSeINdllOn DlSITlcL super
visors from practically every or
ganized county in Ohio returned to
their homes from Columbus last
week filled with information and
inspiration and with a determine
ton to push to the utmost the pro-
grams of soil conservation in their
respective counties, according to E.
o. Bond, Buffalo township, a far
mer from this county and one of
its district conservation supervis-
orS.
The faculty at the short course
held for the supervisors at the
Ohio State University consisted of
men from the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, the College of Agri-
culture faculty and the Soil Con-
ervation Service.
These men included Dean John
F. Cunningham of the College of
Agriculture who outlined the needs
of the institution for carrying out
its part of the program in the
state. The title of his talk was "a
Message from the State Commit
tee" He stressed the need of ade-
quate appropriations for research,
particularly in the field of agro-
nomy.
w. r. Tascher, Extension Service
Conservationist of the United
States Department of Agriculture
told of the duties and of the OBJ
legations of the district supervisor.
knowledge and experience, to help
"Get into position, through
guide assisting agencies and facil-
itate the correlation of their act
ivities," he said.
Virgil Overholt, Extension En-
gineer, gave very popular lecture
on Requisites of Water Facilities.
According to this speaker farm
ponds should be constructed on
small water sheds of less than 80
acres. They should be in pasture
or woods and well fenced.
There We're several talks on the
economies of conservation farming
given by J. l. Falconer, professor
of rural economics, OSU, j. H.
Sitterly, associate professor and G.
w. Miller, Extension professor of
rural economics. All agreed and
proved that the farmers making
the most money and getting the
highest yields were those following
approved conservation practices.
Two field trips were taken, one
to Clark and Union counties where
the supervisors viewed the work
done by the farmers in those dis
tricts and the other experiment
stations at GAINESVILLE and CoShoc-
ton. One of the high lights of the
entire week was the stop at the
experiment station at Coshocton.
Here the men viewed the intri-
cate Neurological instrument being
used by L. L. Harold, engineer in
charge and his assistants. Mr.. Har-
old appeared on the program at
Columbus also.
D. r. Dood, extension professor
of agronomy, told the group that 1t
was a more serious mistake to lose
one bushel of cor per year through
improper soil management than to
lose twelve bushels of yield from
planting the wrong hybrid.
Director H. c. Ramsower OF the
Agricultural Extension service told
of the relationships of the differ
ent federal and state agencies to |
the program of soil conservation. |
He stressed the need of a contm-
ued program of education.
AS a climax of the four day |
school the group attended a ban
ouet at which the main address
was delivered by Lachlan Mac
Leay, president of the Mississippi !
Valley Association. This .assocla-
ton sponsored and paid the ex-
penses of the delegates to the short
course. He said that the American
businessman is interested in soil
conservation because 1t is good
business but that his interest was
far deeper than that. This is
nation wide campaign, he said,
"and while the burden of the cam
paign lies most heavily on the
shoulders of the farmer, we must
all find our places in the campaign
and do our parts"
Cosmos Blusbaugh, Ohio farmer
also spoke on Soil Conservation.
AT the close of the meeting the
supervisors passed resolutions ask
ing that the short course be made
an annual affair. The program was
arranged by a committee headed
by ]. A. Slipher, Extension Con
servationist. The tours were IN
charge of T. c., Kennard, State Soil