The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-02-18
Buffalo Watershed
Endorsed By Area
Farmers Thursday
More PARTICIPATION
Informative Tour
Seen As Next Step

An enthusiastic an d interested
group Of about 20 landowners in the
Buffalo Greek Watershed met with
some top state watershed officials
Thursday night at Darlingto on
Heights school Besides e ne
brought uptodate on the watershed
situation the group voted 10 have
another tour to the pilot watershed
development in Appomattox county.
and to have group Of citizens work
on getting membership in the soil
conservation plan.
J. X. Abernathv. assistant state
conservationist. told the group some
Of tho details on the legal side Of the
watershed project Getting a priori
~ for the Buffalo Greek watershed
is the next step, Abcrnathv OK
planned
To get a priority. 50 per cent Of
the land in the watershed must be
under approved soil plans, Aberna
thy explained
5000 Acres Needed
H. f. Lacy, Prince Edward soil
conservationist, said $3.50 acres
more In the area must be placed
under soil plans before the 30 per
cent figure Is obtained He said
there are slightly more than 10000
acres under approved soil plans at
the present time The total area Of
the Buffalo Greek watershed is ap-
proXlmatelv IT 900 acres.
To help obtain the necessary acre
age, six landowners present volun-
teered to 20 ont With Lacy and his
assistant Frank Hudson. for the
purpose OF explaining the ADVANTAGES
III the watershed plan. Those volln.
tcering were Booker Cunningham,
Clinton ChildreSs. Aubrey Gillian.
II r. siocksfon SRobert Franklin
and D. G. Morris.
To further acqnaint farmers in the
area with the work IN a watershed.
4 tour e Appomattox was tentative
~ set 10 be held Tuesday. March 4,
meeting at Apponattox at p. N.
E. r. Striphn presided over the
meeting Strplin is a member or the
watershed committee and OF the
Piedmont Soil Conservation district.
r. p. Dillon. chairman of the Buff
falo Greek Watershed committee.
suggested the tour TO. sAppomattox.
noting that similar tour last sum
NOR was very Informative 10 the
group who attended
Stlipiin gave brief review Of tho
Buffalo Greek watershed saving il
was started III 1865, and that the
watershed has been approved but
10 priority has been given NJ
II NJ Collins. area conseivationist,
spoke on some of the work done in
other areas. principally in Charlotte
county and IN the Potomac River
watershed.
Friday Tour
Others taking part in the program
were Sam Cole. district engineer,
and G. NJ. Jones head Of the survey
party.
Friday, Feb "a, the group Of Of
ficials toured the Buffalo Creek wa
tershed area on request Of Lacy and
the watershed group 10 see what
progress has been made They we're
repeatedly very pleased with the
conservation progress. and indicated
that obtaining priority for The wa
tershed was simply a matter Of time
and getting the necessary land under
practices as required BY law.
Alternately gave a five point check
list for determining good water
she'd project. The main points arc.
IS there problem Of flooding
silt. soil loss. etc.
p Is there possible solution?
3, Would the solution Be eco
nomicallv justifsblc?
O. VIII the landowners cooper
ate with right Of ways and use or
land?
s. There must be good land us
age above the flood-rctarding
structures.
The soil conservation expert m
dicated that all Of The factors out
lined above arc present in the
Buffalo Watershed area