This is a soil inspection report by township and location. Remarks are made about the type of silt loam in each location
Inspectors include: Riecken, Smith, Hansen, Grant and Silkett
This document relates the early activities the district was involved in to assist farmers in the development of conservation farm plans. The conservation measures include a wide variety of practices including terracing, strip cropping, pasture…
These policies were developed to guide the work of the Des Moines County Soil Conservation District in carrying out their responsibilities which include educational programs for farmers, assisting with the organization of farm planning groups, …
This conservation agreement form is between Dale E. Horn and the Des Moines County Soil Conservation District. Mr. Horn agrees to cooperate with the soil conservation district commissioners in working toward the development of a basic farm…
This agrreement states that transportation equipment, engineering instruments and other equipment of the Soil Conservation Service used by its staff members assisting the District may also be used intermittently by District employees,
This program attempts to set forth soil conservation and land use problems of Des Mounes County and to state what the district plans to achieve. The program will serve as a basis of cooperation between the landowners as well as other cooperating…
The District helped sponsor four rural school teachers to the Springbrook Conservation School during the summer. A new Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the District Commissioners.Five Des Moines County4-H Club boys won an…
A substantial increase has been shown in 1957 in the installation of gully control structures. waterway shaping and seeding. These are some of the permanent type
Conservation practices that the Agriculture Conservation Program is assisting the…
Accomplishments for the year included 31 acres of waterway development, 32 erosion control structures, 29 ponds, ,12,2 miles of standard terraces, and 2,112 feet diversion terraces as well as other activities and accomplishments..
The number of land improvement and erosion control practices for 1960 and to date are listed as well as an explanation of activities that the District engaged in.
