The Mills County Soil Conservation District of the State of Iowa has successfully completed its first 10 years as an effective means
by which farmers and other local people have been enabled to work together in conserving and improving Iowa soil…
This is a sepia postcard looking east on Burlington Ave at the south side of the Fairfield Square in the 1920's. In this picture you can see the brick streets, the stop signal in the street, the Bunnell Building with a shoe store and a grocer in it,…
This booklet is a brief history of soil erosion on farmland in the United States and how this serious problem was addressed. In 1933 a government agency, known as the Soil Erosion Service, was organized under the Department of the Interior, and…
This sepia picture shows the west half of the south side of the square in the late 1870's. It shows a furniture store, a grocer, boots and shoes, a milliner and another grocer. There is a dog in the middle of the street and a horse and buggy parked…
Address by Dr. W. McClellan, Chairman, Land Resources Council, Mississippi Valley Association at the National Plow Terrace Building Contest, Glenwood, Iowa - September 11, 1946
Dr. McClellan discusses the importance of soil conservation stating…
