This document includes a an updated Review of Watershed Projects in Des Moines County for the purpose of developing a long range watershed development plan. There is also an appendix document entitled An Appraisal for Potential for Outdoor…
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…
Don Chickering is the local winner for this year's Iowa Soil Conservation Achievement Awards Program. Chickering who farms 640 acres two miles northwest of Floris, has been a cooperator in the Davis County Soil Conservation
District for seven…
The Forsytehes operate a Grade A dairy farm and were recent winners in the Soil Conservation contest. Recently, their farms was named 1970's regional sweepstakes winner for the Iowa Soil Conservation Achievement Awards.
Several Davis County farmers have just finished planting pine trees on their land for a total of 19 acres in trees for the county. The trees were planated 1,000 to the acre, spaced six foot apart in rows of eight foot wide.
This article tells of the plans of first year farmer Steve Kinnamon, of Savannah, who decided to become a farmer when he go laid off from his job. He is starting with 550 acres of rented land and fifty cows that are half of the 100 Red…
