The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1969 Page: 3 of 8
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Pat?e Three - The Wylie News - Thursday, October 2, 1969
Terrace Maintenance
Receiving Attention
Terrace maintenance
Is receiving a great deal
of attention on many farms
in the Collin Soil and
Water Conservation Dis-
trict this fall, according
to Morrison Liston at
McKinney. He states that
the fall months are
not only most favorable
for construction of new
terraces, but that old
terraces can best be
maintained or repaired
right after crops are har-
vested. Liston, who is
District Conservationist
for the Soil Conservation
Service, says that small
terrace breaks can be
repaired now for very
little cost, but if this
considerable damage can
result from the next rain
storm.
Jack Fisher, who farms
in the Bloomdale commu-
nity northwest of McKin-
ney, became a cooperator
of the Collin District in
1948 and built his first
terraces tne same year.
Through good mainten-
ance, ne has been able to
keep these terraces in
good working order for
over twenty years. From
time to time, he has
plowed out the terrace
channels to maintain pro-
per height and water
carrying capacity.
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believes that his terraces
should be reshaped every
few years to keep them
working. He has installed
conservation practices on
almost his entire farm,
and he has terraces over
fifteen years old.
V. D. Miller, who owns
farms near Bloomdale and
Weston, states that his
oldest terraces have
helped immensely in con-
trolling erosion, lie plans
to repair small terrace
breaks this fall before the
land is plowed.
Gerald l urr of Rhea's
Mill has row crops on a
big portion of his farms.
Terraces have protected
his sloping fields for many
years. I imely main-
tenance on every terrace
system has kept them
doing u good job.
Herman Hayes of Weston
has just completed shap-
ing a waterway which will
serve as a safe outlet
for an old terrace system.
I he terraces are being
re-shaped a d plowed
out for maintenance. I he
waterway replaces a row
field ditch and will be
established to coastal
bermudagrass next
spring.
Conservation farmers
point cut that the least
amount ol maintenance
is required on terraces
when rows are onthecon-
tour, and follow the
terraces. !he practice of
plowing across terraces
defeats conservation.
I rosion cannot be con-
trolled where runoff water
follows rows straight
downhill, i.ven where the
farm operator plows the
silt out of the terrace
channels every fall, the
damage has already been
done if the area between
terraces has scoured and
topsoil has filled the
channels.
Many District coopera-
tors have said that terrace
maintenance is only one
part, but a very important
part, of their conservation
plan.
Highway Patrol
Recruits Needed
Colonel Wilson E. Spelr,
director of the Texas
Department of Public
Safety, announced today
that the DPS Is actively
recruiting men to train
for the post of patrolman.
The State Legislature, in
the recently passed
appropriations bill,
authorized the Depart-
ment to increase the
strength of the Highway
Patrol from 1,222to 1,259
men. Those selected to
enter training will fill
these vacancies plus
others created by promo-
tions to other DPS
services.
Speir said the next train-
ing school will begin
October 21 at the DPS
law Enforcement
Academy in Austin. The
course lasts 19 weeks,
and Includes some 8U0
hours of intensive class-
room work and super-
vised study.
Student patrolmen live in
the Academy and are paid
$525 monthly. Upon gra-
duation, their pay
increases to $610 per
month, with all uniforms
and equipment furnished.
Patrolmen also receive an
allowance for meals and
cleaning.
Prospective applicants
must be between the ages
of 20 and 35; must be high
school graduates or equi-
valent; of good mural
character; must be In
excellent physical condi-
tion; and must have visual
acuity no worse than 20/40
correctible to 20/20.
S
peir said men interested
nould contact any DPS
office or patrolman for an
application. The com-
pleted applications should
then be taken to the
nearest regional, district
or sub-district DPS head-
qua rters where the
written examination will
be given.
Applicants who qualify for
further consideration will
be given an igility test,
and arrangements will be
made for a physical
examination. 1 hose
selected for the Academy
will be notified prior to
the date for classes to
begin.
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The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1969, newspaper, October 2, 1969; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341848/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.