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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Thursday. July 29, 1843 Allied Planes Are Welcome Sight . 1 JTSSSi Fourth Winner In Soil Essay Contest The winner of the fourth place in the Cass Soil District essay contest is Barbara Walker, eight prade student in district No. 22, Weeping Water. The teacher of the student is Margaruette Dall Finney. This is the second winner -in the contest student of Mrs. Finney. SAVE OUR SOIL Nebraska needs to save its soil because it is a leading agricultur al state. When people burn the stubble left by crops it destroys the pro tective cover, exhausts the or ganic matter or humus' of the soil, and reduces its water nbforbing ability. This practice leaves the land ready for wind or water erosion, and also the crops planted in the same ground 70c per 100 weight Dial 4126 0. F. SMALLEY does not yield as much as the first crop. Because of these re duced yields', the farm income becomes low and the standard of living for o farm family becomes poor. When the protective covering is taken off of the land in many places serious dust storms occur causing much property damage and taking the lives of people. There are ten ways in which this may be stopped. By rotating crops, it helps to maintain the organic mater in the soil. By rotating small grain crops with legumes the farmer gets a good yield, for if one crop fails he has another to rely on. Legumes restore soil moisture and adds fertility and nitrogen to the soil. Then when a small grain crop is raised there is enough material necessary for its growth so that there is a good yield. Contour farming is a very eco nomical method of farming be cause it does three things: it saves the tractor power, produces higher yields, and conserves s'oil, water, seed, and fertilizer. Con tour farming is level rows that go around a hill. It forms ridges that prevents rapid run-off. By doing this the soil is not carried away and hardly ever does it need to be replanted. Strip cropping serves a dual puroose because it is suited espe cially to control both water and wind erosion, and it is adaptable to crop rotation. It is a method of planting small grain crops in 240 CASS COUNTY, NEBR. GRAIN-STOCK FARM 240 acres all fenced hog-tight, springs and running water in pasture, located 7 miles south of Plattsmouth and 1 mile east of state highways 34. 73 and 75. Good 1-story 6 -room house, good barns and other buildings. Electricity. Never failing well with windmill at house, water-piped to barns. Price for 30 days. $125 per acre, possession March 1, 1940. See, phone or write T.H. POLLOCK, Realtor PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA BREAD'S IDEAS 1 4 r4 rO-KITCHE!T TEICK3 TAKE it from baby by using a can of his fruit puree (pineapple, pear. apricot or prune) beaten into about 2 cups of confectioners sugar a can makes enough frosting for a two-layer cake. HOUSEHOLD HIHT IF YOUR wire clothes ; 1 1 ... ;rT v; L me iiui uciuine tuny, try painting it with black automobile enamel. Makes it just like new. HECIP E oO TUNA POTATO PATTIES 7 oz. can flaked tuna medium-sized onion, minced slice dry bread, crumbed Salt and pepper to taste 1 beaten egg 1 medium-sized raw potato, grated Combine ingredients, mix well. Form into 6 patties and brown on each side. fTO.PP.ETTY PETOIES SAVED ,0 YOU'LL SAVE on more expensive foods by extending them with plenty of fine, fresh Butter-nut Dread. A little jam or jelly on butter plate will cause family or guests to ask for more bread. Tut,tutnothiJ 1 amz&rs?? lit --r II v mm , mm mr mm . mtr,w; n't v&tffr: feci r v - i- j ' 4 '"Here comes dinner," these German youngsters could well say. They realize that most of their food these days must be flown over the Russian blockade, and this RAF supply plane, circling for a landing at Gatow Airfield, near Berlin, may be carrying their next meal. (Photo by NEA-Acme staff correspondent Jack Chitham.) RARRAPA WALKER 1 I t l ! ! I p s' 0 vt V -V - rf - ' - &tuueni in me eighin yraae cf the Weeping Water school, whose essay in the Cass' County Soil Conservation district con test was awarded the fourth place. Margaruette Dall Finney is the teacher of this prize win ner. one strip and legumes or grasses in another strip continuing this throug-hout the field. This is done on contour farming. The close growing s'trips serve as safety belts and they hold the soil down and retard run-off. The soil is filtered out of the water as it runs-off leaving the humus on the land. Terracing is practiced where crop rotation, contour farming, and strip cropping has failed. There are two kinds of terracing, drainage terrace and absorptive terrace. The drainage terrace is the most common in Cass Coun ty. It is' made with a channel that is slightly graded. Such ter races stop straight downhill run off, they increase absorption and carries the surplus water down to a grassed waterway. This is done so that there is very little soil errosion. With the absorptive terrace the water is left on the land until it soaks irlto the ground. This is used in the drier regions. Both of these are made like steps with the furrows going around the hill and they change rapid moving water into slow moving water. Slopes that are steep or land that is easily eroded sliould be planted to grass, trees cr shrubs. Land that has been overgrazed or the land that is easily eroded causes much " wind and water erosion which results in carrying off much of the soil. A good grass cover will stop run-off and pre vent soil erosion. There is little movement of water, even after a reavy rain, when the land is protected by a dense vegetation growth. Shelter belts' and windbreaks are one of the economists prac tices of a complete soil conserva tion plan where the soil is a Suitable type. The wind is thrown upward by the trees in a shelter belt which makes it so that the wind can not sweep a cross a field. The trees help to stop rapid run-off. This method saves the soil, as well as giving shelter and protection to the ani mals' and people. People should start more shelter belts and try to protect them against fire. Fire starts soil erosion and causes much wastage of wood and other things. Alternating two or more pas tures gives them a rest period. In s'ome cases in addition to perma nent or rotation pastures, supple mental pastures that occupies the crop land are included in the grazing plan. When alternate pasturing is carried on properly, it supplies food for the animals at the desirable stage of growth. ( things: it allows pasture plants to restore plant food in the fall, start normal growth in the spring, permits resacding, and allows young plants to become established. All this he'ps to save the soil by keeping a grass cover on it. Gully control should be prac ticed because the gully causes much soil erosion and make? farmland very bod for farming. Fields that are ruined by gullies should be planted to grass and the water in the gully should be diverted by a diversion ditch, or the gully should be stopped by building dams, filled up with s'traw, or planted to trees 01 shrubs. Practices of this type stops the growth cf a gully and catches the soil on which plants can grow. When the growth of a gully has been stopped and it is filled, it can be planted to other crops. Methods should be used s'o that water can be held back in the fields, and to prevent the gully from being washed out again. Using phosphate fertilizer or other kinds of fertilizer on sour soil, crops can be raised. The barnyard manure and the green manuring which is plowing lequ minous plants and grasses under the surface, adds nitrogen to the soil. Eoth manure and chemical fertiliser increase higher crop yields. They produce large roots that hold the topsoil down. The construction of farm ponds, and drainage ways to take the surplus water from fields and pastures is a useful means of conservation. The farm ponds are used to furnish water for live stock and to catch the run-off water which usually has some soil in it. The soil is then collect ed in the pond. The pond will be filled in a short time with this soil. When water stands on the soil for a long time, it becomes sour and it is hard to raise any sort of plants on sour soil. By using drainag-3 ways the surplus water can be carried off and crops can be raised on the land. By using one or more of these conservation methods, soil con servation can be carried on eco nomieially and successfully. The farmers will get a higher yield and make more profit by using the methods. I Folds After 110 Years j NEW YORKJ.R The Brooklyn ' Naval Hospital, which cared for i the Navy's sick and wounded for j 110 years, has ceased functioning. Patients were moved to other na i val facilities in the metropolitan area. Willing to Pay For Fun NEW YORK (U.R) The depart ment of parks received a check for $1,000 from a man who asked that the donation not be acknow ledged. The donor" said he had enjoyed the Riis Park bathing beach so much, he wanted to do something for it. GUARANTEED WIRING Don't use pennies. Have plenty of circuits for safety in your home and place of business. 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