The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-01-30
Noble County Farmers
Developed 8,375 Acres
Of Farmland Last Year
Steiner Releases
Annual Report Of
Farm Achievements

The regional trend upward in
soil conservation is reflected In
the Noble County Soil Conserva-
ton District, J. |. Steiner, con-
seryationist for the U. S. Soil
Conservation Service, announced
today. In this district 65 plans
covering 1875 acres of farmland,
have been developed by farmers
during the past II months with
district assistance. The Noble
district now has 215 farmers
who have developed complete
farm conservation plans for their
land. acre by acre and are applying
them rapidly to the land.
s,. Ten major practices have been re-
ported and figures show 1868 acres
of cropland were fertilized and l348
acres lined during 1946 by these
2l5 cooperators; 1892 acres OF pas
ture were moved; 1858 acres fert-
ilized; 874 acres lined land l56 acres
reSeeded.
One thousand, two hundred and
twenty seven acres of contour strip
cropping were laid out by personnel
of the local office during 1916. At
total of 30,560 young trees were
planted and 791 acres of woodland
were protected from livestock,
Twelve farm ponds were planned
during 1916 of which three were
constructed. Many are to be planned
and built during 1947.
District supervisors are Brady
Archer, w. H. Calland, Edward L.
Crum, Lewis E. Davidson, and L. E.
Hedge.
Farmers desiring assistance on
their farms should notify any of the
above supervisors; Floyd Henderson,
county agent; or stop at the district
office located in the Caldwell Post
office Building.
BY June 80, this year, lis million
acres of American farmland will be
protected from further erosion by
soil conservation farming if the self
imposed goal of the u. S. Soil Con-
servation Service is reached. This
fact was shown in the annual report
of H. H. Bennett, chief of the serv-
ice, which has just been submitted
to Clinton p. Anderson, Secretary OF
Agriculture.
Prior to the opening of the cur
rent fiscal year, the Service set itself
the task of helping Soil Conserva-
ton Districts and individual farmers
apply twice as much conservation
to the land as was applied in the
1945-46 fiscal year.
The annual report shows that con-
Servation practices were established
on approximately 16 million acres
of land in the last fiscal year. Serv-
ice technicians helped farmers de-
velop 102,293 complete farm con-
servation plans which apply the best
farming practices to the land both
from the standpoint of production
and conservation, acre by acre
These plans covered Is million acres
Chief BENEFITS annual report
points out that conservation farm
ing must be established on approx
imately 80 million acres of Amer
ican farmland during the current
12-month period if self-imposed goal
is reached by June 80. This would
mean a proportionate increase In
both number of plans developed ano
acres planned.
Several months must pass before
final returns on this drive to double
conservation will become available
But at regional headquarters of the
u. S. Soil Conservation Service in
Milwaukee, r. H. Musser, ConserVa:
tor for the eight state, announced
that trends are already apparent.
"We are doing our utmost this
year to help districts and farmers
double the amount of conservation
applied to the land" Musser said
"From our present position at the
halfway mark we can say defin'
itely, the current trends are very
encouraging. One of these encour'
aging indications is the growth o.
districts during the past l2montt
periOd.