The Saint Jo Tribune (Saint Jo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1963 Page: 5 of 32
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Richard Arend of Gainesville Is
Outstanding Farmer for Zone 4
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RICHARD AREND
Richard Arend of Route 4, Gaines-
ville, is this year's outstanding con-
servation farmer for Zone No. 4.
Richard owns and operates a 201
acres small grain and livestock farm
on Grand Prairie, seven miles
southwest of Gainesville. This farm
was purchased while he was work-
ing as a technician for the Saudi
Arabian government in the early
1950's. However, his conservatoin
program was not started until the
fall of 1956 when he came back
home and started operating it him-
self. A conservation plan was devel-
oped that year when he became a
cooperator of the Upper Elm-Red
District.
Richard's first step in putting his
conservation program into effect
was to put i'n a large waterway so
that runoff water on two cultivated
fields could be controlled. This area
was staked off, a seedbed prepared
and sodded to bermudagrass in the
spring of 1957.
Another cropland field was being
Severally damaged by outside water
which originates o'n an adjoining
farm and a county road. A pasture
strip of about five acres was seeded
to buffalo grass adjacent to the
farmstead so that a diversion ter-
race could be put in to carry thd
water to an adjoining pasture. After
the diversion was constructed the
remaining cropland was protected
by regular field terraces. The area
seeded to buffalo grass was fenced
and is now used as a holding pas-
ture near the farmstead. All of the
cropland o'n the Arend farm is now
protected with a terrace and wa-
terway system.
Richard uses alfalfa as a legume
in his conservation cropping sys-
tem. His alfalfa is always fertilized
with phophate fertilizer. He leaves
his straw on the land for soil pro-
tection. Small grains, both wheat
and oats, are fertilized with a com-
plete fertilizer for high production.
Richard runs a small herd of
grade beef cattle on about 70 acres
of good bermuda grass pasture. He
controls weeds by mowing and
practices proper use of the bermuda
by leaving considerable top growth
at all times. A farm pond was con-
structed for a water supply in the
SAINT JO (Texas) TRIBUNE
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1963
pasture.
Since Arend started applying his
conservation plan, erosion has stop-
ped and yields have gone up.
Richard made the money to buy
this farm while working for King
Saud of Arabia as a technician on
special agricultural projects. He and
his wife and young family reside i'n
their comfortable farm home on the
place.
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Powell, E. L. The Saint Jo Tribune (Saint Jo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1963, newspaper, May 10, 1963; Saint Jo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335448/m1/5/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .