Contour farmng on Cyril Rees' farm NE of Pleasantville in Marion County, Iowa. 25 acre field seeded to oats on contour with buffer strips following corn in 1943. Buffers and waterways seeded in 1941. Very little erosion.
B&W photograph of a group of men in the field at a contour farming school on Chandler Farm. Featured in picture: Clyde Chandler, Herman Reeg, E.J. Gibbs, Harvey Keiffer, Glen [Carran], Gene Reeg, John Hintgen, Elmer Rolling, [Laur] Krier, Clarence…
