EXTENSION NEWS
SO It CONSERVATION PROGRUI
U. of Alaskn Extension Service
"Mvtnnuskn Valley farmers led the Territor;
in the number of payments for Soil Con
servation practices in 1945*n stated
Director- Lorin T. Oldroyd of tho Alaska
Extension Service. "In the Vr.llCy, 101'
farmers are slated to receive $8,167.32, .
rhich is a good share of the 'Territory’s
total remuneration of $10,760.72."
Payments have been dpproved by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and farmers should
-at their checks from the government
^rtly. For 1945 practices, 139 farmers
Alaska—24 more than in 1944—mill re*
-ive individual checks ranging from $9.80
to $361.40. The largest single payment
goes to a farmer in tho Tarinna Valley.
In the Fairbanks area 20 farmers Pill re
ceive payments totaling $1,441.10, and in
the Anchorage areaJ 18 farmers rill be
paid a total of $1,152.30.
Amounts of the. payments are distributed as
follors:'12 payments froih $1 to'$20; 20
•from $20.01'to $4C>s 31 from $40.01 to $60;
40 from $60.01 to'$100; 27 from $100.01 to
$150; 7 from $150.01 to $200; none from
$200.01.to $300; and' 2 from $300.01 to
$400. . .
Alaskan farmers rill receive payments for
eight of the 14 Soil Conservation pjartices
aliened by the government, Director
Oldroyd declared. These are the eight:
1. Intcrplanting leguminous crops rith
'other crops.
2', Clearing roodland,£or~tillage.
3. Applying mixed fertilizer to protec
tive or leguminous crops.
4. Using leguminous crops for groan
manure.
5. Seeding pasture land rith good seed of
grasses or legumes rhich do not're
quire preparation of a seed bed.
3. Planting protective crops on properly
prepared land.
7. Planting leguminous crops in rotation
rith other crops.
8. Applying crop residue on the'surface of
soil subject to rind erosion.
All eight of tho above practices Trci’c
carried out in the Matanuskn Galley, ac
cording to Mr, Million; Hogers, former,
Extension Agent, rho nadc a surrey of the
farms and computed the payments’. Tho
practice of "interplanting leguminous'crops
uith 6thcr crops"—rhich neons planting
vetch, field peas-or some other.leguitc
with oats or other small grain crops, pri
marily to build up the nitrogen in the
soil—brought the most money to Matanuskn
farmers.
This practifo also brought largest payments
to Tanana Valley farmers, frho completed
six of the eight practices, Mr, Bert
Cent, on page 5.
Pearl White.
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