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…
This report is an account of the National Plow Terrace Building Contest held on September 10 and 11, 1946 at the Jay Wright Farm in Mills County, Iowa. It recounts the organization required, registration process, the activities taking place, and the …
On September 16, 1948 about 100 men composed of farmers, soil conservation district commissioners, and newspapermen met at Atlantic, Iowa and formed an organization to be known as the Nishna Valley Flood Control association. This brochure explains…
This Special Edition was made up of items carried from month to month in recent issues and which were selected
by the Mills County Soil Conservation District Commissioners because of their special value to the readers of this publication.
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…
