HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 266 Draft 01 1980-1984IV,SJLUTION m. 266 81
WaE:.RILAS, out of the 71 Ka'u Soil and (dater Conservation District
members, Tom Jkuna was selected their outstandinf co-operator for
1931 by the Directors of tuo Soil Conservation Sarvice; and
W3EREAS, despite: unfavorable weather conditions in .4aiohinu, Tom
has managed to improve 150 acres or his cattle operation by
eStHbliShi.n aood stand of paneola, Kikuyu grasses (basic cattle
feed) aad is testin others such as sctari.a and limpo; and
;'d.I �2F AS, for iti.5 E ffort in [➢al"imum production per acre and soli
conservation, Tom, besi33s brusia cie-arin aaJ ;grass planting- ,
installed cross fences an(i water trough, taking advanta-e of the
h;ri.culturai Cost Sharing 1'ro, ram (ACP); and
WREF.EAS, the ACP annual cost sharing is 75 percent con%ributionn
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a maxi -:mum of $3,500 and the
participating co-operator's share is 25 percent, a maximum of :1,167,
saki,^. a total of cost sharing up to ;4,667 per year.
dOtd, Ti�ERExOK , B6 i'1' _EF50EVEil SI '1'EiE COUNCIL 'T:1F COUNTY 01
IAWAll that It exends its coy':�ratulationS to _'ir. Tom ).KuT a 'nor being-
selecred Ka'u Soil and :eater Conservation District's top co-operator
for 1981.
BE IT FURFHi,.t RESOLVED that the Cicrk of the County of Hawaii
z_sit.a true copy of this resolution to rancher Torn Okuna.
Dated at 11ilo, Hawaii, this 9th day o£ December, 1931.
:Introduced by:
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