The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-05-05
Five Counties Improve
Conservation Practices,
Piedmont Report Shows
Steady Progress
All Along Line,
Leaders Believe

Peter land use was observed in
Amelia NottOWay, Prince Edward,
p whatan and DinW!ddie counties
- $50 This oNoervacion was Civ
en- in the annual report for 1852
Tie BOARD OF supervisors of the
Piedmont Soil Conservation Dis
.rict.
G. NJ. Knabe. chairman, Of Pow
hatan, released the report. this
EEK Tor he five counties, which
make up the district
Many activities marked the
year in the district. according to
the report. Among them were pas
lure meetings and tours. conser-
Walton air tour contests, scho Is
and ooservances for Natural Re
sources Conservation Week
steady progress has been made
all along the line" the report
read
Organization Change
During the year. the Soil c n
servation Service CHANGED from a
work group organization to an
area organization Piedmont Dis
trict vas placed IN the area with
The Robert E Lee District This
meant the Piedmont District lost
the services CT T NJ Dean. who
gave his untirinr efforts to serv-
ing the district from his former
Farmville office, and r F. Carr,
Of AppomattoX became area con-
servationist OF the two combined
districts
Not nearly as many farmers
arc roW-cropping steep land,
There has been decided improve
ment in ground cover. We don't
see as many bare acres as we once
did. but we still have too many
acres where the ground cover is
not GOOD enough" the supervisors
said in their annual report Inn
proved pasture seedlings Of Ladino
& Clover-o orchard grass and Ladino
ClOVer-tall fescue continue on the
increase as more farmers learn
how 10 grow ana manage them"
New farmers cooperating with
the district in its soil conservation
program numbered 237, adding
29,609 planned acres Since the
district was organized in 1910.
total Of 2599 farmers have plan
ned 408,723 acres.
Game Projects
A total Ct 45l farmers cO-Opera-
ted with the State Game Commits
sion and the district on farm game
projects Materials distributed TO
these farmers included ll3 $50 BIZ
color plants. 226 pounds of BIZ
color seed 1914 pounds of Sericea
Seed. and 1926 pounds Of annual
seed
our co operative working
agreement with the game COM
mission is proving to be very help
full il this phase ol our district
program" district supervisors
agreed,
c. H Shaffer. leader Of the
farm game program. said that the
Piedmont District was che of the
leaders IN the state, both in total
number Of cooperating farmers
and in materials supplied. DIM
Wlddie county ranked third in the
entire state in the number of co.
/ operating landowners who plant
ed Wlldllfe borders PoWhatan
county had an outstanding Wild
life program during 1852. the i'm
petus furnished by the county
BOARD of supervisors who purchas-
ed tractor for the sole use of
planting wildl te establishments.
Supervisors
III addition to Mr. Knabe. other
members Of the district board Of
supervisors are w. T Chumnev.
v'ce-chairman, of Amelia; C. c.
FoWlkeS, treasurer. Dinwiddie: p.
3 Cassell. secretary, Nottowav,
and r. w. Dupuy, of Prince Ed
ward
4 The annual report listed other
activities IN the district.
4 A series OF pasture meetings
were held in NottoWay county on
four farms we'll distributed over
The county p H. DeHart assist
ant extension director, of Blacks
burg, conducted these meetings.
Z An,n1ja
pany sponsored better farming
contests III Amelia county. The
district co-operated in these con-
tests, which included contour
farming. pasture management and
woodland improvement
Air Tour
Black tone sponsored the first
annual Blackstone Farmers Day.
last fall The day featured tho
first air tour for observing soil
conservation practices in tho state
An irrigation demonstration was
held IN DnWiddje county. About
90 farmers attended the demon
stration. AS result OF this dem
onstratlon, one farmer. r. j.
Spain, Installed a system and lrri-
gated about five acres Of pasture
and three acres OF corn with good
results.
Piedmont District Co-operated
with all other agricultural agen-
cleS IN holding a Land Apprecia-
Il,