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Soil Conservation Award Winners

Soil Conservation Award Winners, Annual meeting in February 1962.

Winners L to R: Hans Sothman, Otto Schwartz, and Alfred Hogan.

Tags: Alfred Hogan, Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, Farmland, Hans Sothman, Otto Schwartz, Soil and Water Conservation, Water Conservation

Turkey Creek Bridge

Turkey Creek. Ted Bell Road between Bell and Harold Henderson properties.

Tags: Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, Farmland, Harold Henderson, Soil and Water Conservation, Ted Bell Road, Turkey Creek, Water Conservation

Cass County Soil and Water Conservation Commissioners Meeting

The Annual Meeting and Banquet was held on Friday, Feb. 2nd at the Atlantic Methodist Church with 190 in attendance. Dr. E.P. (Dutch) Sylvester was the main speaker.

Tags: Atlantic Methodist Church, Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, Dr. E.P. Sylvester, Dutch Sylvester, Soil and Water Conservation

Queens of Furrow

1956 Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District Furrow Queens.

Sharon Pont - Massena, IA.
Barbara Reynolds - Anita, IA.

Tags: Anita Iowa, Barbara Reynolds, Cass County, Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, Farmland, Furrow Queens, Massena Iowa, Sharon Pont, Soil and Water Conservation

B&W photo collection of various conservation practices on Iowa farmland, not within Guthrie County. Counties include: Polk, Adair, Story, Allamakee, and Worth. Farmers featured: Grover Murrow, J. Norman, V. Venemen, Hendersen Sisters, and Anne…

Tags: Adair County, Allamakee County, Anne Ferris, Grover Murrow, Hendersen Sisters, J. Norman, Polk County, Soil and Water Conservation, Story County, V. Venemen, Worth County

No-till corn on corn.

No-till corn on corn planted with A.C. planter. Farmer Ken Hester planting on contour in a field with grass back slope terraces.

Site location is Crescent, Iowa in Pottawattamie County.

Tags: Agriculture, Conservation Tillage, Corn, Crops, Farmland, Gene Alexander, Ken Hester, No Till Crop, Soil and Water Conservation, West Pottawattamie County Iowa