A history of the Mills County Soil Conservation District is given here followed by a work plan to analyze conservation problems and solutions that should be considered immediately and those to be considered in the future. The work plan will be…
This booklet is a history and explanation of the Mule Creek watershed program in Mills County, Iowa that was developed in 1949 for the purpose of controlling erosion and flooding on farmland using a watershed protection program.
Gary M. McGee is appealing for damages from the taking of a parcel of land by the Iowa Highway Commission, the Mills County Soil Conservation District, and Mills County, Iowa
A review of the year's work shows a few innovations in running a district have been brought about. The pictorial nature of this report is a direct result of the most outstanding of these innovations; namely, the taking of aerial photographs by Ray W…
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…
General view of a portion of Reuel Harmon farm, picking corn in a terraced and contoured field. Bert Wheeler farm right background, Joe Munsinger farm center background.
Photo taken by Ray W. Jones- Mills County Soil Conservation District.
View of the Mansfield farm from the south. Spots in the corn field at the left foreground are caused by volunteer corn. Alfalfa-brome hay being cut in left background.
Photo by Ray W. Jones - Mills County Soil Conservation District.
View of the Bert Wheeler farm, from south looking north. This complete plan now has sixteen miles of terraces. Modified strip cropping on the Glynn land in background.
Photo taken by Ray W. Jones - Mills County Soil Conservation District.
