In a farm woods in McGregor, Iowa, selection cuttings have been made for about 50 years. The stand is composed chiefly of white oak, red oak, basswood, hard maple, some walnut, cherry and hickory. The area of the woods is about 40 acres and the…
One mile northwest of Tarkio, Missouri, is a fill of soil along
roadside entirely filling the roadside ditch.. This fill was washed from the hillside adjacent to the road. The field was a cornfield wlth thinMarshall soil and 10 to 12 percent…
In Bethany, Missouri.racing waters destroy roadbeds. Uncontrolled run-off from heavy rains overflows culverts and cuts into roadbeds. Every year accelerated
erosion causes highway; and road damage costing thousands of dollars
:Deaf Smith Co. . Pasture furrowing was done in May 1937 with spacings of 7 and l4 ft. Furrowing was done with a 3-row lister having the center beam removed, and the other two treated by removal of the moldboards and clipping the heels of the points…
In Marion, Iowa, the right rear view of this Iowa contour furrowing machine shows rollers and sod lifters to hold sod at 60° angle, plow share and rolling coulter.
Back view of Iowa contour furrowing machine in Marion, Iowa showing how sod is lifted and put back in place after the ridge is built up and gone over with roller
This machine from Marion, Iowa shows the left side view of an Iowa contour furrowing machine showing sod cutter blade and two lifters. The blade is about 30° from the line of travel and 4" above the share and soil scraper blade on right side.•