This report highlights the accomplishments of the past year and includes the budget highlights for the fiscal year
The RC&D project for Tinkle Branch watershed area was developed. The project purpose is to control and stabilize the upper ends of the…
This report highlights the accomplishments of the past year and includes the budget highlights for that year. An introductory letter is included in this report with a request for donations.
The Mills County Flood Control Committee has called a meeting to petition that the Missouri Valley Flood Control Report be submitted to Congress at once. In recent years, farmers had suffered heavy agricultural losses from floods that had eroded…
This report summarizes a survey taken of farmers cooperating with the Soil Conservation Service who were interviewed for their impressions of the program. 55 percent stated that sheet erosion had been greatly reduced or stopped, while almost 70…
If a tenant is going to be aggressive
in soil conservation work on a rented farm,
he must have a guarantee from the landlord
that he will receive fair compensation for
unused· value in case he has to leave the
farm before fully realizing his…
Contour tillage, terraces, and grassed waterways have proved highly valuable in checking erosion and keeping the maximum amount of moisture in the soil where it can be utilized by growing crops to increase production. This booklet gives specific…
During World War II, Iowa State College made recommendations on good soil management practices for Iowa farmers. The object of these recommended practices were to keep each acre in maximum production and to minimize soil erosion.
