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Browse Items (381 total) for Cherokee County Soil and Water Conservation District Historical Collection

Fishing keen where the water's clean.

Fishing keen where the water's clean.

Slide to inform individuals that fishing areas are better when the water is clean.

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Rule of thumb for depth of till.

Rule of thumb for depth of till.

Slide to advise of depth of till for land conservation techniques.

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Rule of thumb for cutting erosion.

Rule of thumb for cutting erosion.

Slide showing how to cut erosion with soil conservation techniques.

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Rule of thumb for chisel plowing.

Rule of thumb for chisel plowing.

Slide to show the effects of the chisel plow for land conservation techniques.

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Contoured land with government building imagery.

Contoured land with government building imagery.

Slide to depict the partnership between farming communities and the government.

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Conservation tillage progress chart in Iowa.

Conservation tillage progress chart in Iowa.

Slide to compare the conservation tillage progress in Iowa from 1968 to 1976.

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Tillage technique comparison.

Tillage technique comparison.

Slide comparing the tillage techniques: chisel disk vs moldboard plow.

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Growing Costs.

Growing Costs.

Slide depicting the costs of growing crops in 1980.

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Soil loss per acre, per year.

Soil loss per acre, per year.

Slide to show soil loss figures per acre. per year in regards to land conservation.

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Sloping land effects.

Sloping land effects.

Slide to show the effects of using the sloping land conservation technique.

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