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…
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.
Aerial photo of the farm of the late Clarence Pellett beautifully illustrates modern soil conservation practices. The contouring is shown more clearly from the aerial view. The farm is about two miles northeast of Atlantic and is on one of the most…
Scrapbook contains news clippings gathered by the district office from December 1970 to August 1973. Articles feature Whitebreast Watershed Project, Long Creek Watershed, 1971 annual report, and other district specific news.
