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

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Howard Bright and others by ditch

District conservationist Howard Bright and others are evaluating a problem ditch

Howard Bright and other men at a meeting

Conservationist Howard Bright is the third man from the left walking. The other men are unidentified. Behind them are people seated probably in a school building

1970s Commissioners Joe Beckman and Dwight Stucker sit at a table during a meeting

Commissioner Dwight Stucker on the right reaches for treats at a meeting

John Deere 4400 combine

This series of combines was built between 1970 and 1979

1975 Soil scientist Mel Brown man holds county oil survey map

Melvin Brown, a mapping specialist with the Soil conservation service, conducted the Des Moines county standard soil survey over four years beginning in 1975. There were 263,000 acres to survey and Melvin Brown was in charge of it. He is holding up…

Man holds hose

A man wearing a cap, plaid shirt, and overalls is holding a hose while he talks to another man in a shed.

1978 Unidentified men examining corn

These men are on a tour of no-till corn.

Man stands next to pipe in field

This unidentified man is standing with his hand on a drainage pipe in a field

Man stands in grass next to spindly corn

This unidentified man stands in a field of spindly corn

Man with hat, sunglasses, and beard in grassy field

The unidentiied man wearing a hat and sunglasses is talking to a group of farmers in these photos as they stand in a grassy field.

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