On Dikker's farm, in Cedarville, Illinois, close grazing, has removed the grass cover f'rom this pasture inducing serious erosion. A highway culvert under U. S. 74 was placed low enough under the road to allow an overfall to be created above the…
On the John Thonpson farrn in Holmen, Wisconsin.
cattle are grazing on a steep hillside gashed by gullies . The
overgrazed condition is causing severe gullying below the fence shown in the picture.
On the Henry Ahlers farm in Wabasha, Minnesota, a strip of heavy vegetation is sits on top of dyke 6 foot high, which is now filled in with sand and silt from Trout Brook Valley Creek. The tallest fence posts were set in the spring of 1934., the next…
On the H. Wellenreiter farm, an extremely bad gully is cutting up farm land . This gully is to be controlled by tree planting. The location of this farm is not specified
Lloyd Bingham is the, operator of this farm in Dallas, Iowa, owned by the Central Life Assurance Society . . The gully has been fenced . The trees were replanted in 1937
In Sherman County, Texas,uncontrolled erosion has made living impossible. Successive wheat failures since 1932. House has been vacated for over two years. There is no vegetation. Thousands of sand drifts over this section as can be seen in foreground…
A long, slope to the west with rows running north and south, but with a slight fall to the north and south to a waterway which had not been left in sod. When the field was plowed and planted, this ditch could be crossed. It was seeded with sudan…
On Frank Boggs farm in Viroqua, Wisconsin, eight rock and willow brush dams protect a large level cornfield in the background. The area is planted to willow slips which are growing . The area is fenced out to protect from grazing. Each dam has a…
This photo is of the R.C Warner. and J.F.Kulig farm in Independence , Wisconsin . Follow- up of Wis-20. Streambank protection work done in the spring and fall of 1935 . This picture shows the growth made since Wis-20 was taken in May 1936
This photo shows the John :Kulig & R.C. Warner farm in Independence, Wisconsin. On the bank previously sloped, the owner laid a few willow poles so that the ends were in the water. The willow were held down by posts and wire.. This work was done…
