The State Soil Conservation mmittee will be in Davis
ccuf1,tY Friday to examine Carter Creek and North Wyacondah as it prepares to decide on applications made for watershed assistance.
The 260 acres of birdsfoot trefoil and orchardgrass pasture on the farm of Pearl Spilman and his son, Dean, have made possible a gradual increase in production of hogs, beef, cattle and sheep.
Verle Arnold, Davis County Conservationist, reports that properly managed trefoil pastures usually produce three times the livestock products as the same fields in the usual cover of bluegrass and weeds.
Qwners and operators of farms in 22 Iowa counties have
been selected as regional winners in the Iowa Soil Conservation Achievement Awards program sponsored by The Register and Tribune and Iowa Farm and Home Register.
