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Sam and Chris Botts Christmas Card and news in 1988

Sam and Chris Botts Christmas Card and news in 1988

Chris was a receptionist and secretary for the Davis County Soil Conservation Service for twenty-three years. She retired in 1986.
Two Photos of Harold Baughman

Two Photos of Harold Baughman

Farmer in overalls and glasses with hands in pockets stands next to shrubs

Farmer in overalls and glasses with hands in pockets stands next to shrubs

Plowing Terraces

Plowing Terraces

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The farmer is following the proper method
or plowing terraces to maintain their shape and height. He is making the first cut with the plow, throwing the back furrow to the top of the ridge. This is the lower twenty acres of a 40-acre field…
Ed Cossel Drives No-Till Planter

Ed Cossel Drives No-Till Planter

Dwight White Dam Failure

Dwight White Dam Failure

Four Men Install Underground Pipes

Four Men Install Underground Pipes

Watershed pipes are being installed on James Melvin farm
Loren Cassel and Bill Smith Stand by Planter

Loren Cassel and Bill Smith Stand by Planter

Loren Cassel, tenant and Bill Smith, seed dealer stand beside planter on a no-till plot on Kieth Johnson's farm
Field of Slot-Planted Corn

Field of Slot-Planted Corn

This is Loren Cassell's field of slot-planted corn in fescue pasture. A Buffalo No-till planter was used to plant the corn
Tony Houston checks out corn

Tony Houston checks out corn