CONSERVATIONISTS
TO RECOMMEND
PROGRAM FOR 1952
Revisions of the 1952 conserva
tion program—which may have
important bearing on finances
and development in this area—
will be discussed at meetings to
be called in the next two weeks,
Parker Lester, district agricultur
al agent for the University of
Alaska extension services, dis
closed yesterday.
Lester will meet with sub-dist
rict supervisors in Palmer May 9,
Anchorage May 10, and Chugiak
May 11. An earlier meeting v,as
held in Wasilla.
The government makes pay
ments on eleven different conser
vation practices, Lester explained.
After the hearings held locally,
reports will be made to the Ter
ritorial committee. This commit
tee makes recommendations to
the federal government in Wash
ington, D. C. early in June.
“The extension service of the
University of Alaska is the dir
ect liaison between the U. S. de
partment of agriculture and the
farming public”, Lester said.
“The U. S. department of agri
culture offers every farmer in the
territory an opportunity to im
prove and conserve the fertility
of his land through participation
in the agricultural conservation
program.
“Payment will be made for per
formance of approved conserva
tion practices to the extent of the
individual practice allowance and
available funds. Assistance will
be given farmers carrying out
conservation practices.”
Control of Funds
The government determines
amount of assistance for each
farm taking into consideration
funds allocated, conservation
needs of other farms in the aiea,
and conservation needs of the
farm for which assistance is re
quested. Assistance given must be
within the funds available, and
proportioned accordingly.
Practices approved include only
those maintaining or increasing
soil fertility, prevention of soil
erosion, better agricultural use of
water, conservation and increase
of range and pasture forage.
Conservation. "Praciices"
Approved “practices” for con
servation and maximum rates for
assistance in the past year—which
will be discussed for changes or
recommendations for 1952 at the
meetings now scheduled—include
the following in part:
Practice 1. Applying fertilizer.
Payment made only for the appli
cation of phosphate and potash
to pastures excluding small grains
to grass or legumes cover crops
excluding small grains seeded
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alone; or to leguminous crops
excluding vegetable or truck
crops for sale.
Maximum assistance: 7 cents
per pound of available phosphate
applied, 6 cents per pound of
available potash applied.
Practice 2. Field peas with oats
for winter cover. Payment will be
made for using field peas with
oats in rotation with other crops.
To qualify for assistance, a good
stand and a good growth of field
peas must be obtained and left
on the land as a cover crop for
winter protection. The minimum
rate of seeding is 42 pounds of
field peas and 32 pounds of oats
per acre. Acreage harvested for
grain or hay are not eligible for
assistance.
Maximum assistance: $3 per
acre.
Practice 3. Field peas with oats
for green manure. Payment made
for plowing under a good stand of
field peas with oats which have
been brought to the proper stage
of maturity, which will be con
sidered to be the blossoming per
iod. The minimum rate of seeding
is 42 pounds of field peas and 32
pounds of oats per acre. Acreage
harvested for grain or hay are not
eligible for assistance.
Maximum assistance: $5 per
acre.
Practice 4. Sweetclover for
green manures. Payment made
for plowing under during the
1951 program year a good stand
and a good growth of sweetclover
seeded in the spring of 1951 at a
rate of not less than 10 pounds of
seed per acre. Pasturing consist
ent with good management is per
mitted.
Maximum assistance: $3 per
acre.
Practice 5. Contour farming in
tertilled crops. Payment made for
farming intertilled crops on the
contour. The crop stubble or crop i
residue must be left standing over
winter, or a winter cover crop es
tablished, or protective tillage
operations carried out.
Maximum assistance: $1.50 per
acre where all cultural operations
are on the contour; $1 per acre
where only the planting and cul
tivating are on the contour.
Practice 6. Contour farming
drilled or close-sown crops. Pay
ment made for contour farming
drilled or close-sown grasses, le
gumes, or small grains.
Maximum assistance: 75 cents
per acre where all cultural oper
ations are on the contour; 50
cents per acre where only the
seeding operation is on the con
tour.
Practice 7. Diversion ditches
to divert excess w'ater. Payment
made for constructing permanent j
ditching with a minimum cross
section of 2.7 square feet on land
of 6 percent or more average slope
with suitable outlets for the div
ersion of surface water.
Maximum assistance: 80 cents
per 100 linear feet when con
structed on land where the topo
graphy requires ditching be con
structed entirely by hand labor;
40 cents per 100 linear feet when
constructed on other land.
Practice 8. Establishing per
manent sod waterways to dispose
of excess water without causing
erosion. Payment made for estab
lishing in 1951 a permanent sod
of perennial grasses or mixture
of legumes and perennial grasses.
The protective waterway must be
sufficiently wide at all points to
carry water diverted into it under
conditions of probable maximum
run-off.
Maximum assistance: 75 cents
per 1,000 square feet for seeding
or sodding; 12 cents per cubic
yard of earth moved with dirt
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Practice 9. Establishing a per
nanent cover on steep slopes.
Payment made for establishing
an steep slopes, a permanent cov
ar of adapted perennial grasses or
a mixture of perennial grasses
and perennial or biennial legumes
rhe seed of these crops must be
well distributed over the area
sown to insure a good stand at
maturity. The minimum seeding
rate shall not be less than 12
pounds per acre.
Maximum assistance: $4 per
acre.
Practice 10. Establishing or
improving permanent pasture by
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seeding adapted varieties of per
ennial grasses or legumes.
Practice 11. Clearing woodland
for tillage. Payment made only
for the clearing of land suitable
for cultivation which never has
been used for cultivated crops,
and where the tree growth and
brush is so heavy that it cannot
be considered as grazing land.
Maximum assistance: $40 per
acre.
Full details on each of the
above may be obtained from of
ficials in charge.
Mr. and Mrs. Mads Johanson of
Fish Creek Road have returned
to the Valley and their farm from
a winter Outside, spent mainly
at Washington.
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