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AUDIT-INVENTORY REPORT Northwest Kent Soil Conservation District

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Period Covered by Audit— From July 1, 19(55 to June 30, 19G6

In accordance with Section 282.7 of the compiled laws of 1948, we have examined the books and records of the above Soil Conservation Distr ict fo r the period shown and submit our report , ns follows:

Schedule A, 'in our opinion, presents a t rue s t a tement of the receipts, disbursements , and balances of the Dis-t r ic t fo r the above period. We found all recorded receipts properly accounted for , and all d isbursements appeared to be fo r legi t imate obligations of the distr ict .

Schedule C presents our reconciliiat5on of the Dis-t r ic t ' s bank account.

Schedule E presents a list of property and equipment purchased with Soil Conservation Distr ict Funds and used in the operation of the Distr ict .

Our examination also indicates t h a t surety bonds are in e f fec t fo r j l I I employees and off icers entrusted with f u n d s and property 'as follows:

Ronald Anderson, Wolverine Insurance Company: Amount of Bond—$2,500 - Expirat ion Date : 3-16-67

George Edtfar, Examine r Cashier, Kent City S t a t e Bank

SCHEDULE A

SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND BALANCES

Beginnii\g Cash Balances—July 1, 1965 $ 246.89

RECEIPTS: State Committee:

District Administrative Funds $653.00 Conservation District Aide Funds.... 250.00 State and Regional Meeting

Expense Funds 28.56 Operating Receipts:

Associate Memberships 502.50

Total Receipts 1,434.06

Total Available Funds $1,680.95

DISBURSEMENTS: Office Supplies and Postage $295.72 Directors Mileage and Expense 292.28 Fees, Dues, etc 50.00 Conservation District Aide 116.25 Educational Program Expense 49.50 Annual Meetings 30.00 Youth Activities 9.50 Other Misc. Expense 10.00

Total Disbursements 853.25

Balance of Cash Available—June 30, 1966 $ 827.70

Qreen Seal • • • BIRD FERTILIZER CO.

KENT CITY STATE BANK

WILLIAM A. ROGERS IMPLEMENT CO.

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WATSON & PRATT IMPLEMENT CO.

CEDAR SPRINGS FARM EQUIPMENT CO-

AUDLEY WHITTALL INSURANCE

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CONSERVATION REPORT Northwest Kent S.C.D.

1966 FISCAL YEAR

New Cooperators 17 1,441 Acres To Date 412 42,532 Acres

Basic Plans 15 990 Acres To Date 373 39,691 Acres

Plans Revised 13 1#967 Acres

Cooperators Serviced 373 Cooperators Applying Practices 211 Conservation Cropping Systems 891 Contour Farming 40 Cover and Green Manure Crops 920 Crop Residue Use 2,419 Farm Ponds 5 Field Windbreaks 800 Hedgerow Planting 1,500 Land Clearing 16 Minimum Tillage 1,825 Mulching 97 Pasture and Hayland Management 63 Pasture and Hayland Renovation 34 Pasture and Hayland Planting 417 Plow Planting 108 Pumping Plants 1 Tile Drains .65,056 Tree Planting 36 Wildlife Habitat Preservation 70 Wildlife Wetland Preservation 61 Wildlife Habitat Development 62 Woodland Harvest Cutting 10

Number Number Acres Acres Acres Acres Number Feet Feet Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Number Feet Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres

SCHEDULE C

BANK RECONCILIATION

For Kent City State Bank

Bank Balance $ 854.96 Less Outstanding Checks 30.00

Adjusted Bank Balance $ 824.96

Check Book Balance $ 827.70 Less Bank Charges not recorded 2.74

Adjusted Check Book Balance $ 824.96

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Left to right (standing) Milton Wylie, vice chairman; Ward Shepard, member. (Seated) Ronald Anderson, treas-urer; Frank Rasch, chairman. Carl May, the other mem-ber of the board, was absent at this meeting due to illness.

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Annual Kent-Ottawa Hort j Northlvest Kent SCD Candidate Meeting Set February 15

The annuiil m e e t l n g o f the K e n t -Ot tawa H o r t i c u l t u r a l Soc ie ty , s chedu led Wednesday , F e b r u a r y 15, at P a r k C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h in G r a n d R a p i d s wil l be an a l l - d a y a f f a i r and l i t e r a l l y f e a t u r e " s o m e t h i n g f o r e v e r y -o n e . "

A f i l m at 9;30 a . m . wil l be f o l -lowed at 10 o ' c l o c k by a t a lk on " T h e New P r o p o s e d Sta te O r d e r f o r C h e r r i e s and R e s u l t s of the C h e r r y S u r v e y " by Dr , Donald R i c k s of the MSU A g r i c u l t u r a l E c o n o m i c D e p a r t m e n t . At 10:30 D r . E d w a r d Klos , F r u i t P a t h o l o -g i s t of the D e p a r t m e n t of Botany and Pa tho logy at MSU, will d i s -c u s s " F r u i t T r e e D i s e a s e s to Watch in 1 9 6 7 . "

Wi l l i am T h o m p s o m , D i s t r i c t Ex t ens ion Agent f o r P e s t i c i d e s , wi l l ta lk on " P e s t i c i d e Sa fe ty and R e s u l t s of the C hoi i n e s t e r a s e

T e s t " at 11:00 a . m . At 11:20 R o b e r t E . B r a d e n of the Mich igan A g r i c u l t u r a l C o o p e r a t i v e M a r k e -t ing A s s o c i a t i o n wil l give a r e -p o r t .

The a f t e r n o o n p r o g r a m wi l l open at 1:15 wi th a ta lk by D r . P a u l L a r s e n , H o r t i c u l t u r a l D e -p a r t m e n t of MSU, o n " Apple P r o -duct ion on the Wes t C o a s t " . At 1:45, D r . Pau l Wooley, E x t e n s i o n E n t o m o l o g i s t of MSU wil l t a lk on " C o n t r o l l i n g F r u i t T r e e I n s e c t s in 1 9 6 7 " . F r e d H a s l e r , S e c r e -t a r y - M a n i g e r of the Michigan S ta te Apple C o m m i s s i o n , wi l l out l ine " E n a b l i n g L e g i s l a t i o n f o r the Apple G r o w e r " at 2 ,15. At 2:30, D r . David Di l ley, MSU H o r -t i c u l t u r a l D e p a r t m e n t , wi l l t a lk on " F r u i t M a t u r i t y and the U s e of A l a r " . T h e m e e t i n g wil l be c l o s e d out a t 3 .00 with a ta lk by Neil C o o p e r .

Northwest Kent SCD Candidate

Charles Roberts

C h a r l e s w a s b o r n in 1905 on the f a r m he now o p e r a t e s in S p a r t a Townsh ip , on F r u i t Ridge Ave. be tween 15 Mile R o a d and 16 Mile R o a d . He h a s l ived in t h i s c o m m u n i t y al l h i s l i f e . •

C h a r l e s , with h i s son E l i , f a r m s 300 a c r e s with g e n e r a l f a r m i n g t h e i r main e n t e r p r i s e . He h a s been a c o o p e r a t o r with

the N o r t h w e s t Kent Soil C o n s e r -vat ion D i s t r i c t s i n c e 1947, one y e a r a f t e r the D i s t r i c t w a s f o r m e d . He ho lds p lan n u m b e r 5 f o r the D i s t r i c t .

C h a r l e s h a s been ac t ive in the Michigan Uni ted C o n s e r v a t i o n C l u b s , i s a meml^er of the F a r m B u r e a u and the M a m r e l u n d L u -t h e r a n C h u r c h .

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Alvin Hil l , with h i s b r o t h e r W a l t e r . 1 r m s a 216 a c r e f a r m on P e a c h Ridge and 7 Mile R o a d s in Alpine T o w n s h i p . Both of the b o y s wel l a s t h e i r f a t h e r , L loyd , w e r e b o r n on t h i s p l a c e a s it h a s been in the f a m i l y about 112 y e a r s . The a g r e e m e n t wi th the N o r t h w e s t Kent Soil C o n -s e r v a t i o n D i s t r i c t f o r the p l a c e i s da ted Apr i l 1, 1947 and they hold C o n s e r v a t i o n P lan No. 6 f o r the W e s t D i s t r i c t . T h e b o y s have r e c e n t l y p u r c h a s e d an 88 a c r e f a r m in D o r r Townsh ip in Al lega n Coun ty on which they a l s o have a c o n s e r v a t i o n p l an . All s u i t a b l e land h a s been se t to f r u i t and they a l s o r a i s e about 3000 lay ing h e n s in a b a t t e r y type p o u l t r y e n t e r p r i s e .

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OUR SOIL IS OUR STRENGTH We congratulate the Kent Soil Conservation Districts and its Farmers

for the excellent work they have done in conserving our most precious

natural resources—our Soil and Water.

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