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1978 No-till tours

These are photos of a no-till tour that was taken by farmers in 1978 to introduce to them the benefits of the new technique of no-till farming

In two different photos, Winston Cooper is looking over a field. Winston was a soil conservationist for Des Moines County from 1971-1973.

Wnston and an unidentified man examine leaves on a tree in the woods. Winston was a soil conservationist for Des Moines County from 1971-1973.

Penny Williams is volunteering in the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District office.

The two men walking along the ravine are unidentified

Land surveying equipment sits by the side of the road

A long pipe at the bottom of a hill is being covered over with dirt by an earthmoving machine on land owned by Dale
Edmonds.

These photos show water drainage pipes in fields that draw off excess water

These photos show crops coming up in a field. A fence sits in front of the field

These machines are on display inside a building probably during an agricultural meeting of farmers