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Conservation best practices, 1930s

Series of b&w photographs with descriptive information explaining conservation best practices.

Tags: Contour Farming, Contour Strip Cropping, Dam, Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation District, Grassed Waterway, Gully, Masonary Dam, Soil and Water Conservation, Strip Cropping, Terrace Systems

News articles from the 1960's.

Various news articles dating from the 1960-1969.

Tags: 4-H Member Class, Arnold Brandt, Carol Nurre, Chris Marquardt, Compass, Conservation Camp Tuition Scholarship, Contour Farming, Dale Sauerbry, Delaware County Iowa, Donald Eibey, Dr. Orville Schmitz, Erosion Control, Essay Contest, Gary Carradus, Gary Mohr, George Carlson, Gun Operation Safety Class, Harold Lincoln, Herb Prideg, Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp, Janet Bries, Joyce Wessel, Kenneth Harbach, Kermith Huehn, Kevin Schmidt, Lake, Linda Erickson, M. Irene Robinson, Mark Sperfslage, Mary Patton, Mary Riche, Maurice Minor, Outstanding Conservation Teacher Award, Pasture Improvement, Paul Gienapp, Pond, Pork Queen Contest, Randy Brown, Rich Mawe, Robert Miller, Roger McIntosh, Sharon Gull, Silver Lake Park, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation Queen, Speech Contest, Steve Zumbach, Terrace Building, Terry Smith, Tom Smith, Vern Hermann, Verne Hermann, Vernon Schmork, Wilmer Robinson

Contour farming and crop residues in reducing soil loss.

Contour farming and crop residues in reducing soil loss in Appanoose County, Iowa.

Tags: Appanoose County, Contour Farming, Residue, Soil and Water Conservation

Contour plowing & waterways on Sam Carpenter's farm.

Contour plowing & waterways on Sam Carpenter's farm in Johns Township.

Tags: Appanoose County, Contour Farming, Farmland, Sam Carpenter, Soil and Water Conservation, Waterways

Terracing system

Color aerial photograph of a terracing system on unidentified cropland.

Tags: Agriculture, Contour Farming, Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation District, Terracing

Kevin Brown agricultural land

Aerial color photographs of Kevin Brown's contour farming.

Tags: Contour Farming, Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, Kevin Brown

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…

Tags: Clarence Wauderscheid, Clyde Chandler, Contour Farming, Elmer Rolling, Gene Reeg, Harvey Keiffer, Herman Reeg, Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, John Hintgen, John Schoop, Laure Krier, Merlin Chandler, W. T. Hartung

Terraces and contour farming on Joe Steele's farm.

Aerial photos of terraces and contour farming on Joe Steele's farm.

Tags: Appanoose County, Contour Farming, Joe Steele, Terraces

Iowa Soil and Water Journal featuring Appanoose Soil and Water Conservation District, 1961

Publication created by Iowa Association of Soil District Commissioners and the Iowa State Watersheds Association featuring one SWCD's accomplishments and participants on an annual basis.

Tags: Annual Report, anti-swirl wall device, Arthur Jay Farm, Arthur Streepy, Belford Walker Farm, Betty Brown, Betty Pauletti, Chariton River, Charles McDanold Farm, Clifford Singley, Clifford Walker, Coleen Hutchison, Contour Farming, Cooper Creek Watershed, Dallas Walker, Delmont Moffitt, Doyle Anderson, Doyle N. Anderson, Drop Inlet, Erosion Control, Farm Ponds, Financial Report, Fox Watershed, Future Farmers of America, George Lane, Grassed Waterway, Guy Argo, Harold Holder, Highway 2, Hood-inlet, Inga Eddy, Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp, Joe Beer, Joe Colgan, Joe Luse, Joe O'Hara, John Mitchell Farm, LaVern Whitacker, Lettie Daniels, Little Walnut Watershed, Livingston Watershed, Lorine Oden, Loyd Carter, Lyle Peterson, M. Karen Archibold, Mark Uhlenhake, Maurice Haney Farm, Mickey Walker, Moulton Watershed, Multiflora Rose, Patricia Clemens, Pauline Golick, Propped Outlet, Rev. Henry Herman Fritz, Ronald Turk, Roy W. Smith, Shoal Watershed, Terrace Systems, Tony Kruzich Farm, Vernon Burger, Walnut City Watershed, Ward Daniels Farm, Watersheds, Weir-notch, Wendell Pick, William Stark

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