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Aerial view of Ernest Burke & Sons Farmland, Atlantic, IA.

Aerial photo submitted to the U.S. Soil Conservation Services of terraces constructed in the fall of 1958 on Ernest Burke & Sons farmland, Atlantic, IA.

Tags: Atlantic Iowa, Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, E.W. Cole, Ernest Burke & Sons, Ernest Burke Farm, Farmland, Soil Conservation, Terrace Building, U.S. Soil Conservation Services

John McGovern Farm

Photo of John McGovern's farmland in Atlantic, Iowa where there is visible eroding before terrace construction.

Tags: Atlantic Iowa, Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, E.W. Cole, Farmland, John McGovern, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation, Terrace Building, U.S. Soil Conservation Services, Water Conservation

Sunday's workers

Color photograph of nine men posed in front of a terracing project.

Tags: Guthrie County Soil and Water Conservation District, Terrace Building

Terracing project

Color photographs of a terracing project. Photographs feature machinery working on terrace as well as a panoramic view of the project.

Tags: Guthrie County Soil and Water Conservation District, Photographs, Terrace Building

Terrace construction on Laudrum farm, 1950

B&W image of unidentified person on tractor constructing a terrace on Luadrum Farm as part of a F.F.A. project.

Tags: FFA, Henry County Soil and Water Conservation District, Laudrum Farm, Terrace Building

Terrace building in winter

Color images of terrace building in winter on an unidentified farm. (3)

Tags: Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, Terrace Building, Terraces, Winter

Terrace construction, one-way method.

Tags: Cherokee County Iowa, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation Service, Terrace Building, Terraces

Terrace construction, two-way method.

Tags: Cherokee County Iowa, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation Service, Terrace Building, Terraces

Bill Kinen constructing terraces on Paul Sam's farmland.

Stages in terrace construction with the whirlwind type Terracer Tractor. In this photo the Terracer is operated by Bill Kinen on Paul Sam's farmland.

Tags: Bill Kinen, Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, Farmland, Paul Sam, Terrace Building, Whirlwind Terracer Tractor

Aerial View of Ernest & Sons Farm

Aerial view of Ernest & Sons farm land with newly constructed terraces.

Tags: Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, Contour Farming, Ernest Burke & Sons, Farmland, Terrace Building

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