Browse Items (1074 total) for Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District Historical Collection

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Ditch crossing construction

A long pipe at the bottom of a hill is being covered over with dirt by an earthmoving machine on land owned by Dale
Edmonds.

Land surveying equipment sits by the side of the road

The two men walking along the ravine are unidentified

Penny Williams is volunteering in the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District office.

Wnston and an unidentified man examine leaves on a tree in the woods. Winston was a soil conservationist for Des Moines County from 1971-1973.

In two different photos, Winston Cooper is looking over a field. Winston was a soil conservationist for Des Moines County from 1971-1973.

These are photos of a no-till tour that was taken by farmers in 1978 to introduce to them the benefits of the new technique of no-till farming

Soil erosion along this creek was caused by flooding.

This grassy field is bordered by a few scrub trees with a barn beyond them

These are scenes of unplanted fields with trees