The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 12, 1970 Page: 3 of 8
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Urban growth in Texas is
steadily cutting into the State's
-agricultural lands a now US-
DA study indicates.
The conservation needs and
land use inventory shows that
during the decade of 1958-
19G7 agricultural land in Tex-
ns dropped by some 780000
Dr. Geo. C. Fowler
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The report shows that 500-
000 acres of this land went into
urban and built-un areas:
some went to federal uses; and
a lesser amount went unuer
water in ponds and reservoirs.
For the nation the ten-year
shift from agricultural lands
totaled almost 15 million acres.
The inventory also reveals
that two out of three acres in
Texas still need some form of
soil and water conservation
treatment. The figures came
from county data prepared by
state and federal agencies tnen
summarized by a State Com-
mittee chaired by the Soil Con-
servation Service.
Howard Sartor in the Alli-
gator Community completed
construction of approximately
15000 feet of parallel terraces.
Charles and Harlon Tonn in
the Hackberry Community
constructed approximately
16000 feet of parallel terra-
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n. F. Hill completed con
struction of approximately 5
acres of water way ior parauei
terrace outlets.
Alfred Spiegelhauer north
of Bartlett constructed approx-
imately 5 acres water way for
parallel terrace outlets.
About two-thirds of our
state's land still needs soil and
mnfnr nrmqnrvjiMnn treatment.
State Conservationist Clyde W.
Graham of the USDA Soil Con-
servation Service revealed this
week.
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GrAh&m said that although
many critical conservation pro-
blems have been solved in Tex-
as in the last 30 years some
103 million acres of the State'a
160 million acres of rural lands
still need conservation treat-
ment. Tho figures came from
county data prepared by state
and federal agencies then
summarized by a state commi
ttee chaired by SCS.
Much of this 103 million
acres has had some conserva
tion treatment yet it still needs
one or more conservation mea
sures Graham pointed out.
"And most of this land needs
treatment every year es
pecially cropland."
Graham said that in terms of
acres grassland improvement
is still the state's biggest con-
servation problem. He cited
these grassland needs: About
50. 6 million acres need brush
control followed by careful
management including perio-
dic rests. Some 22.3 million
acres of this land has deterio-
rated to the extent that re-
seeding is needed after the
brush is controlled. Graham
stressed however that when
brush is controlled on grass-
land wildlife needs should be
considered carefully. He said
strips or motts of brush should
usually be left for wildlife food
and cover.
Some 19 million acres of
grazing lands need only im-
proved grazing use. This is
land that has been grazed too
closely but still has a stand of
desirable grasses; all it needs
for improvement is better man
agement.
About 13.2 million acres
need both rest and better graz
ing use to let the base grasses
imnrovo in vigor and increase
soil cover.
In addition to the 22.3 mil
lion acres of land that need
seeding after brush control
there are some 4.3 million acres
of other grass land that need
seeding or sodding. There are
also 1.1 million acres of crop-
land and about 1.3 million
acres of former cropland that
need to be planted to perman-
ent vegetation. This totals 29
million acres of land in Texas
that need planting to grass or
trees.
The inventory breaks the
'state's 35 million acres of crop-
Hand down into dry cropland;
irrigated cropland; and other
cropland such as orchards and
land formerly cropped. Some
22.3 million acres of cropland
needs treatment.
The state has 25 million
acres of dry cropland 7 mil
lion acres of which need pro-
tection with cover crops or
crop residues. Some 5 million
acres need terraces diversions
or waterways as well as cover
from residues or growing
crops.
Out of 8.3 million acres of
irrigated land 3.7 million acres
need an improved irrigation
system to prevent erosion or
water loss.
The survey shows Texas has
22.7 million acres of forest
land of which 9.2 million acres
need conservation treatment
for soil protection and to im-
prove forest stands.
The study also shows that
pressure for urban growth is
steadily cutting into the state's
rural lands. During the 1958-
1967 decade agncultural land
in Texas dropped by some
780000 acres or an area big
ger than an average Texas
county. About 500000 acres of
this went to urban areas some
wont to federal uses and lesgor
amounts went under water in
ponds and reservoirs.
Summaries of the state study
are available from SCS offices
soil and water conservation dis-
tricts and from most other
state and federal resource
agencies. Local county reports
are also being prepared by
county inventory committees.
The complete state inventory
showing jamor land uses and
conservation treatment needs
by land capability classes for
the state as well as each coun
ty will be published later this
year Graham said.
CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL
By Thomas McBay
District cooperatora and
landowners are using chemical
spray for weed control very ef
fectively. There are several
advantages of chemically
spraying weeds over shredding.
Spraying will kill the weeds
and small brush closer to the
ground.
One quart or one pound of
low volatile 2-4-D per acre i3
recommended for tho control of
most broad leaf weeds. A mix
ture of one pound of low vola
tile 2-4-D and Yi Pmt of con-
centrated 2-4-5 with 10-25 gal.
of water per acre can be used
for hard to kill weeds and
small brush.
Annual weeds should be
sprayed when the weeds are
young and succulant usually
March 15 to April 15. In areas
where cotton is grown the
spraying should be performed
before the cotton comes up.
Caution should be taken when
spraying close to farmsteads
and not spray close to shrub
bery.
Perennial weeds should be
sprayed when they are grow-
ing and the temperature is be-
tween 60 and 80 degrees for
best results. You should not
spray any harmful chemical
when the wind velocity exceeds
10 miles per hour.
THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
Bartlett Texas
PAGE THRE1
Thursday March 12 1970
Wednesday Club
Meets Next Week
Members of the Woman's
Wednesday Club will meet
March 18th at the Baptist Re-
creational and Educational
All chemical weed control
should bo in compliance with
state and county laws.
Assistance is available to co-
operators and landowners
through your local Soil Con-
servation Service and Little Ri
ver-San Gabriel Soil and Wa
ter Conservation District.
building with Mrs. James
Crews Mrs. Bob Bums and
Mrs. J. Lamar Butler as host
esses.
Topic for the March meeting
will be "Conservation" and
roll call will be answered with
"An Idea for Conservation."
A reading on Conservation
will be presented by Mrs. Carl
Richards ; and the Big Thicket
by Mrs. Louise Oldham; and
tho Conservation Pledge by
Mrs. Marguerite Kuler.
Mrs. Lois Stapp Whitten of
Andice visited Mrs. Bob Burns
last week.
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 12, 1970, newspaper, March 12, 1970; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82344/m1/3/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.