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Winston Cooper, Doug Cling, Ed Nelson and another man in corn field

These four men are examining corn in a no-till field.

Winston Cooper

Winston Cooper was a soil conservationist for Des Moines County from 1971-1973.

Before the development of the first self-governing windmill, settlement of the upland areas of the American West was almost impossible. Windmills were needed to pump underground water to the surface. As soon as their design and manufacture had been…

William Baugh talks with others on agricultural tour

In the first photo, William Baugh sits in back of the other men on the bus. On the left in the second two photos is William Baugh, soil conservation technician with the Des Moines county SCS office. He is wearing a plaid cap and white clothes. In…