The Circle Register (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1962 Page: 2 of 6
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THE CIRCLE REGISTER
JULY 31, 19630
LIPSCOMB COUNTY SOIL August I, 1962
CONSERVATION DISTRICT philosophy of the district
NEWSLETTER movfmfivt ^nfligfir3
GLENN PHILLIPS.
BOOKER
DARROUZETT,*
SUBDIVISION 2
SUBDIVISION 3
GENE EHRLICH,
4FOLLETT
JOE IMKE
SUBDIVISION 1
LIPSCOMB
SUBDIVISION 4
< r
OSCAR PETERSON
SUB'DlViSjQN 5
HIGGIMS f
MOVEMENT
That government should do for the people only those things which
need tn he done in the public interest and which people
unable to do for themselves.
are
LOCUST GROVE •
GEORGE ROBBINS.
Above is a map of the Lipscomb County’ Soil Conservation
District. As you can see it : coincides with boundaries of
the county. Your supervisors are elected for five year stag-
gered terms by landowners of th» District.
Supervisors Work for
Farmers and Ranchers
What is a Soil Conser-
vation District Supervisor?
What are his duties, ana re-
sponsibilities?
The Supervisors repre-
sent the landowners and op-
erators within a soil conser-
vation district and make up
the governing body of the
district. Their job is to de-
velop a program for the
district, keep it current and
carry out the conservation
program with the help of all
the resources available.
The responsibilities of the
SCD supervisors fall into
four areas. Administrarive,
Fiscal, Educational, and
Promotional.
unuer tne administrative
duties , 'they set the time and
place and of course attend
all the meetings. They de-
velop programs and plans of
work, establish District
policies, sponsor or co-
sponsor watershed protection
and Flood prevention pro-
jects, and approve co-op-
erators conservation plan
agreements.
Fiscal duties take a
great deal of time and thought
LCSCD STARTED IN '48
THE LIPSCOMB COUNTY
SOIL CONSERVATION DIS-
TRICT WAS CREATED IN 1946
WITH AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS
OF THE VOTERS CASTING
BALLOTS VOTING IN FAVOR
OF ITS ORGANIZATION. THE
LIPSCOMB COUNTY SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
TOOK OVER THE FUNCTIONS
OF THE OLD LIPSCOMB COr
UNTY WIND EROSION DIS-
TRICT FROM THE COMMISS-
IONERS COURT OF LIPSCOMB.
for the local SCS supervisors.
They make purchases and
sell distriot propery, keep
accurate records of funds,
provide for the annual audits,
make equipment and material
available*' to the district,
publish annual finincial
statement in local paper,
keep District equipment in
good working order.
The Educational duties
of the SCS Supervisors are
a constant challenge and
entail a great deal of work.
For example, the duties here
are to • inform, public school
administrators, teachers and
students' about the Soil Con-
servation Districts, secure
educational material for use
in public school, plan ana
hold field tours and demonst-
rations with local ministers,
place soil and water displays
in banks, etc, plan and hold
educational meetings and
tours with local organiza-
tions, civic clubs and other
groups,
The Supervisors, of
course are great promotors
of conservation. They
develop an annual calendar
of activities, publish news-
letters, put into hands of all
landowners a copy of annual
report of accomplishments.
They work with ASC comm-
ittees, and other agricul-
tural committees, Finally
one of the greatest duties of
the supervisors is to be a
conservationist himself, to
carry out a conservation
plan on his own place, a
Supervisor must identify
himself with conservation,
he must and should be proud
to be a supervisor.
Supervisors Update District Goals
Your board of super-
visors is currently engaged
in bringing the program of
the District up to date and
outlining future needs and
objectives of the District.
Conservation is a never
ending job and tools and
equipment have changed
along with patterns of farm-
ing. Seeds, particularly, in
the grasses, have made a
big difference in Conserva-
tion in the last few years.
As another instance,
terraces of the broad-based,
parallel variety today,would
have been thought fantastic
in the thirties, and have
undergone great changes in’
construction and profile.
The program the super-
visors are working on is in
other words a project to
bring the District up to date
in planning and objectives
= OUR SOIL ★ OUR STRENGTH =
Watershed *
Projects
Stimulate
Conservation
for the years ahead. The
target date for the comple-
tion of the program is in
September of this year and
will include a thorough an-
alysis of all phases of the
District's operation.
The annual auditing of
the District's books will
take place shortly by a well
known firm and the results
of the audit made known to
Two projects which have
stimulated much interest
and have helped in the im-
plementation of land treat-
ment are the Mammoth and
ivanhoe creek watershed
alt landowners in the county, projects.
The Follett Chamber o
Waterways, an increasing
conservation tool in the
Lipscomb County District
serve as outlets for ex-
cess water from terrace
systems and as hay mea-
dows. Farmers have found
that the hay and seed
harvested from these
generally well-watered
areas are nothing to be
sneezed at and make
really important contribu-
tion to a farms product-
ivity. This picture Is a
waterway seeded in 1948
on the Wilford Chew farm
7 miles southwest to
Follett.
Picture taken 9-11-61
Bankers Boost Conservation
By Banquet & Organization
instigated an annual Banker
Awards program during the
now famous drought of the
fifties.
Each year the banquet
rotates to the different towns
in the area and awards are
presented to outstanding
conservationists in the
County.
Attendance at., the ban-
Booker Man Believes in Stubble Mulch
pounds of stubble nave yore a seed bed for wheat,
found the problem difficult There is no one tool
to say the least. which will prepare a seed
A quartet of Lipscomb
County bankers have given
needed impetus and stability
to the conservation move-
ment in Lipscomb County.
Taking a cue from other
counties down the state the
bankers, Gerald Laughlin,
Higgins; R.M. Lemon, Book-
er; D.O. Murray, Follett;
Charley Phillips, Daxrouzett;
quet has grown and grown
through the years and farmers
and ranchers attend in in-
creasing numbers because
they like the idea.
Outstanding conserva-
tionists have addressed the
banquets and a grest deal
of conservation information
has been spread through the
area.
Stubble Mulching has
become an accepted prac-
tice in wheat farming al-
though there is still some
opposition to the practice. .
It has been conclusively
been shown that stubble,
increases water intake into
the ground, it breaks down
wind force at ground level,
it definitely is a way to
conserve moisture using
the stubble as a mulch.
Stubble cuts down on wind
and water erosion a great
deal.
Management of the stu-
bble has become an increas-
ing part of stubble muicning.
Farmers faced with 6,000
Stubble mulching in-
volves a decision by the
farmer as to just how much
stubble he is going to leave
on the surface. Generally
speaking, the figure 2500
lbs, means a manageable
cover which will drill well
in the fall with 2 or 3
workings.
August Neiden, a 10
year pioneer in stubble
mulching, has found that
tools have changed to han-
dle stubble. He firmly be-
lieves there are still a set
number of operation to pre-
bed for yciur wheat in one'
operation4 he believes. Mr.
Neiden, South of Booker, iL
firmly convinced stubble
mulching is Nature’s way
to grow plants.
Tool costs play an im-
portant part in. stubble
mulching and farmeB have
■adapted many of their ex-
isting tools to stubble
.mulching. However many
farmers have found that new'
advances in stubble work-
ing tools by machinery
companies have helped
make stubble mulching pay.
Commerne has sponsoret
the watershed groups of
local landowners and en-
couraged proper land use
and treatment. A former
supervisor, Bob Albin, farm-
er northeast of Follett, and
John Trenfield, south of
Follett, have* played very 0
active roles in the organiza-
tion and functioning of the
idea.
The idea of a watershed
project is not new in the
United States and other
areas have actively and ,
energetically pursued such"
a course. The idea is that^
land treatment on the water-
shed is the pre-requisite to
a watershed development
practice, it just doesn't pay
to let the water come down
from the top of the hill with
its accumulation of silt and
debris. You must start ate§>
the head or top of the land^
to get effective results
conservatio n-wise.
Member of the ivanhoe
watershed committee are;
George Travis, R.E. Albin.
J.L. Stuart, Jake Herber, Ru-
ssell Siner, John Lee Gadberry
Jack Barton, Lyndon imke, .Sam1*
Reger, Finis Henry, Mervyn
Harrelson. '
On the Mammoth creek
watershed .are; John Trenfield,
I.A. Akers, h.E. Schoenhals,’
Gilbert Terrel, Mervyn Harrel-
son, Dean Fischer, v.g. Sch-
ultz, Leroy Becker, Sam finger 0
Joe imke, and Gene Ehrlich.
__Many farmers on the water-
sheds were given certificates
for outstanding conservation
work' .at a supper meeting in
their honor this spring by the
Follett Chamber of Commerce.
C of c president, relll
Chase, firmly believes that
active farmer partidpatiori in
land treatment and use is the
key to solution of erosion
problems that.'plague the county
Farmers will'do it voluntarily
he believes.
NEXT MONTH:
An introduction to sorvicos
and personnel connected
with County Agriculture.
| Calvin Gillespie
| FOLLETT
CONSTRUCTION WORK
of all Types :
| phone 653-2201 • landscaping
A MILLER SEMI-WEEDER 1
tHISEL—STUBBLE MULCHING ........1
AT IT’S FINEST. leveils uneven ground 1
AND LEAVES NO RIDGES OR
WHY WORRY ABOUT WIND AND,WATER.EROSION DITCHES. IT LEAVES RESIDUE
Next winter when stubble mulchihg can on the surface as a fro-
PREVENT ITU TECTIVE COVERING AGAINST
WIND AND WATER EROSION.
J § A EQUIPT. CO. 658.3001 Booker Tex
FOLLETT
FOOD
MARKET
EARL LOVE
“Love your neighbor”
Follett
LAUBHAN
MOTOR
COMPANY
CHEVROLET
& OLDSMOBILE
FOLLETT
FOLLETT
NATIONAL
BANK
'IN OUR 50TH YEAR OF SERVICE'
Member of F.D.I.C.
Darrouzett
Co-Operative
dealers in Association
GASOLINE OILS, GREASES, BUTANE
PROPANE
CARSON ALTMILLER, PRESIDENT
SEEDS C. T. PHILLIPS, vice President
ALEX MEIER. SECRETARY
J. C. WOODS, DIRECTOR
CHARLES CUSTER. DIRECTOR
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Ehrlich, Dorothy. The Circle Register (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1962, newspaper, July 31, 1962; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth835238/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.