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Grafton County

November 19 – SKI TOW ON PASTURE

This gentle slope serves as improved pasture in the summer. Town of Monroe sponsors the ski tow for the local school children in winter. 1963

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September 24 – Cover Crops, Grafton

In 1976 Grafton County Conservation District embarked on a new venture: aerial seeding of a winter rye cover crop on 400 acres of corn land belonging to 17 different landowners. This land usually is left without cover during the winter

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June 18 – Land Smoothing

In 1965, Grafton County Soil Conservation District Supervisors demonstrated their new land smoothing equipment. The scraper is used for deep cuts and fills and the land plane smooths it all out. Many farmers stopped by Maurice Naylor’s farm on Benton

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April 2 – Healthy Soil, Grafton County

April 2 – Healthy Soil, Grafton County

Grafton County Conservation District was founded on April 24, 1946. We have been committed to healthy soils from the beginning. When Mr and Mrs. John Perkins bought the Joel Barney Farm in Plymouth in 1976, a conservation plan was developed

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January 15th – Farming is a Way of Life, Grafton County

January 15th – Farming is a Way of Life, Grafton County

 

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