http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/browse?collection=151&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&output=atom <![CDATA[Iowa Heritage Digital Collections]]> 2024-03-29T01:44:12+00:00 Omeka http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77920 <![CDATA[0100. Petition for Organization of Proposed Mills County Soil Conservation District]]> 2017-08-22T14:49:17+00:00

Title

0100. Petition for Organization of Proposed Mills County Soil Conservation District

Description

This is a petition to the State Soil Conservation Committee in Des Moines to organize a soil conservation district in Mills County, Iowa

Creator

State Soil Conservation Committee of Iowa

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

circa 1940

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

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Petition_for_organization_of_proposed_MCSCD_pdf

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2016-03-31

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2016-04-26
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77924 <![CDATA[0101. Certification for the Organization of the Mills County Soil Conservation District]]> 2017-08-22T14:51:31+00:00

Title

0101. Certification for the Organization of the Mills County Soil Conservation District

Description

An application was approved by the state of Iowa for the organization of the Mills County Soil Conservation District.

Creator

State of Iowa;
Commissioners of the Mills County Soil Conservation District - Steele, J.M.; Wearin, J.F. Jr.; McGrew, D.N.

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

1941-06-25

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org
Miller, Earl G. - Secretary of State

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Certification_for_the_organization_of_the_MCSCD.pdf

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2017-01-31
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77922 <![CDATA[0102, Referendum for a Soil District in Mills County Tally Sheet]]> 2017-08-22T14:52:08+00:00

Title

0102, Referendum for a Soil District in Mills County Tally Sheet

Description

This is a tally of votes cast for the election of supervisors in the Mills County Soil Conservation District

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

1941-05-28

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

Rights

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Tally_Sheet_Referendum_for_a_soil_district_in_Mills_County.pdf

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2016-04-26
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77925 <![CDATA[0103.. Voter's Oath for Firms and Corporations]]> 2017-08-22T14:53:00+00:00

Title

0103.. Voter's Oath for Firms and Corporations

Description

This is an oath for a landowner in Mills County, Iowa to sign attesting to the fact that he did not vote on the referendum to create the Mills County Soil Conservation District.

Creator

unknown

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

unknown

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

Rights

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Voter's_Oath_for_firms_and_corporations.pdf

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2016-04-26
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77711 <![CDATA[0104. Instructions and Suggestions to Judges and Clerks - Election of Soil Conservation Districts<br /> .]]> 2017-08-22T14:53:53+00:00

Title

0104. Instructions and Suggestions to Judges and Clerks - Election of Soil Conservation Districts
.

Description

These instructions are used by judges and clerks during elections for establishing soil conservation districts and voting for county soil conservation commissioners in Mills County, Iowa

Creator

unknown

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

unknown

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

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Instructions_and_suggestions_to_Judges_Clerks.pdf

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2016-04-26
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77918 <![CDATA[0105. Nominating Petition for the Office of Commissioner of the Mills County Soil Conservation Commission]]> 2017-08-22T15:01:19+00:00

Title

0105. Nominating Petition for the Office of Commissioner of the Mills County Soil Conservation Commission

Description

This is the nomination form for the office of Commissioner of the Mills County Soil Conservation District.

Creator

State Soil Conservation Committee of Iowa

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

unknown

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

Rights

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Nomninating_petition.pdf
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/76844 <![CDATA[0106. Save Soil...On Rented Farms 1914]]> in soil conservation work on a rented farm,
he must have a guarantee from the landlord
that he will receive fair compensation for
unusedĀ· value in case he has to leave the
farm before fully realizing his investment
in soil saving or soil building practices. A lease rider attached to the rental agreement acts as a guarantee for the renter.]]>
2017-08-22T15:09:14+00:00

Title

0106. Save Soil...On Rented Farms 1914

Description

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
unusedĀ· value in case he has to leave the
farm before fully realizing his investment
in soil saving or soil building practices. A lease rider attached to the rental agreement acts as a guarantee for the renter.

Creator

Arthur, I.W.
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service

Publisher

Iowa State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, H. H. Kildee, Director Extension
Service, Ames, Iowa. Cooperative . Agricultural Extension Work, Acts of May 8 ano June 30, 1914.
State Library of Iowa

Date

1914

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

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document

File Name

SaveSoilRentedFarmsComplete.pdf

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2016-05-12
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77502 <![CDATA[0107. Terracing for Soil and Water Conservation 1938]]> 2017-08-22T15:25:02+00:00

Title

0107. Terracing for Soil and Water Conservation 1938

Description

This bulletin is a compilation of the best information available at the time on terrace construction and its coordination with other recommended soil conservation practices. It includes the history of terracing as well as how to implement a terracing system.

Creator

Hamilton, C.L.

Source

Farmers' Bulletin No. 1789, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Publisher

U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Library of Iowa

Date

1938-04

Contributor

Chambers, TB; Jepson, HG; Ryerson, G.E.
Josian C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

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Terracing forSoilandWaterConservCompleteReduced.pdf

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2016-05-10
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/76836 <![CDATA[0108. The Farmer Looks at Soil Conservation in Southern Iowa 1939]]> Fifty-five percent of the farmers stated that the productivity of their farms had already been increased while 95 percent expected an increased productivity in the future. Practically all farmers stated that the program had increased the value of their farms,]]> 2017-08-22T15:26:38+00:00

Title

0108. The Farmer Looks at Soil Conservation in Southern Iowa 1939

Description

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 percent reported that gully erosion had been greatly reduced or stopped.
Fifty-five percent of the farmers stated that the productivity of their farms had already been increased while 95 percent expected an increased productivity in the future. Practically all farmers stated that the program had increased the value of their farms,

Creator

Bunce, Arthur C.

Publisher

Agricultural Experiment Station Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Agricultural Economics Subsection--Rural Social Science Section Research Division, Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating, Ames, Iowa

Date

1939-06

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at www.statelibraryofiowa.org.

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FarmerLooksSoilConservationComplete.pd

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2016-05-11
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77592 <![CDATA[0109. Terrace Construction with Small Equipment in the South 1940]]> one-way disk .tillers drawn by farm tractors, horses, or mules, can be used to construct satisfactory terraces if the farmer is willing to devote the extra time that the use of this equipment requires.]]> 2017-08-22T15:29:57+00:00

Title

0109. Terrace Construction with Small Equipment in the South 1940

Description

This document explains how light equipment, such as plows, fresno or slip scrapers, home-made or commercially built V -drags, small-blade graders or
one-way disk .tillers drawn by farm tractors, horses, or mules, can be used to construct satisfactory terraces if the farmer is willing to devote the extra time that the use of this equipment requires.

Creator

United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Weld, W. A., Associate Agricultural Engineer, and Puice, P.M., Agricultural Engineer, Engineering Division, Soil Conservation Service

Date

1940-12

Contributor

Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

Rights

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PDK

Type

Document

File Name

Terrace_Construction_with_Small_Equipment_in_the_South

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2016-05-05
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