Mel Brown and Bennie Clarks, who worked on the Des Moines county soil survey during the 1970's are pictured in these photos with an unidentified man. Mel Brown is holding the survey instrument and Bennie is the black man.
Bennie Clarks, a soil mapping specialist worked with Melvin Brown in the Soil Conservation service to conduct the Des Moines county standard soil survey during the mid 1970's.
