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

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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Format

pdf

Type

Document

File Name

FarmerLooksSoilConservationComplete.pd

Digital item created

2016-05-11