The Rural Voice, 1978-04, Page 14could eventually tace the problems of the Mediterranean sea
basin which went through many of the same erosion and
pollution problems much earlier in history. Now farmers in
Cyprus and Greece, he said, are actually farming on the subsoil
and aren't getting nearly the yield our farmers get off their rich
land. We don't want to be peasant farmers like these in the
Mediterranean, he said.
Pollution from livestock operations is not as big a problem as it
often appears, Dr. Franks said. Livestock facilities are very
visible and thus cause concern. He said that new facilities built
should have some kind of manure disposal system to keep
pollution out of the water stream but if the government wants
farmers to change their existing systems, he feels the
government should provide some of the money.
But the good farm manager is not causing pollution problems
either from livestock or from erosion, he stressed. "Pollution
starts at home." E
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