Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 252, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 18 December 1946 — Page 3

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I, " frUCONSERVATION USES STOP COSTLY RUNOFF ' LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 18 ;Thpse muddy rivulets " running $down the hillsides carry the most valuable nutrients of. the soil, iPundue .University soil scientists

are; showing by their study of tem. farming practices in the eastern while liberal fertilization and part of Jhe. cornbelt. ,. contour cultivation t reduced How . these. losses can be re- water, soil, and nutrient losses duqed by a combination of sim- foy runoff, and have increased ,f pie; conservation practices have 'croq yields on the watersheds at been demonstrated under the di- Lafavette. there are many condi

tions under which more intensive practices will be needed.

ent that the conservation treatment became more effective with continued use. The loss of organic matter, also is one of the serious erosion losses. The runoff carries away the lighter particles wliich includes the organic matter in the soil. It would require about two and one-half tons of manure per acre to replace the organic matter loss from the common- sys-

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rection ..of Purdue, agronomists. Two: farming systems on the

watersheds on the PurdueThrockmorton farm, near Lafayette, were compared. The common system. selected used straight

row planting, moderate .fertilization and the return of most of the, crop residues. The conservationsystem combined contour planting and cultivation, return tot all crop residues, plowing under' of manure for corn, top ..dressing wheat with manure, liberal application of fertilizer and liming until the soil was lonly .slightly acid. Both, series were .under a three year crop .rotation of corn, wheat, and meadow. .

j Results for the first year, 1942, showed that the runoff from the I corn watersheds under the conservation system was reduced to one-half of that for the common

1 ginning the second rotation, the crop runoff from the conservation s treated field in coin was only ?one-sixth that of the runoff on rthe common system. Moisture needed for the crop was retained and furthermore" it is appar-

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LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 18 Special features of the Indiana Farm Management Association Day, Thursday, Jan. 2, to be held as a part of the 1947 Agricultural Conference at Purdue University from Dec. 30 through Jan 3, will include talks on agricultural policies, farming in the next decade and anticipated production changes. The attraction of the day will be the talk on "Sound Agricultural Policies" to be given by Dr. T. W. Schultz, chairman of economics, University of Chicago. Dr. Schultz, formerly head of the department of agricultural eonomics at Iowa State College, was a member of the recent India Famine Emergency Mission and has held many positions of key leadership in the investigation of food and agricultural problems throughout the world. The morning program will open with a discussion of the 1947 economic situation by Dr. Earl Butz, head of the department yof agricultural economics at the university. Two farm nnsrotnrs wrill HisfllSS TirOdUC-

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to make in 1947, Ersel Wallay, Fort Wayne, will present the subject as regards crops and L. L. Stewart, Kirkland, will give the livestock viewpoint. Attention in the afternoon will be centered on problems of farming in the next decade. J. C. Bottom will comment on the "Influence of Prices" and the talk

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