0100. Petition for Organization of Proposed Mills County Soil Conservation District This is a petition to the State Soil Conservation Committee in Des Moines to organize a soil conservation district in Mills County, Iowa State Soil Conservation Committee of Iowa State Library of Iowa circa 1940 Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at <a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org" target="_blank">http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). <a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/unknown</a> pdf Document 0101. Certification for the Organization of the Mills County Soil Conservation District <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Farmland+-+Iowa%3B%0D%0AMills+County%2C+Iowa%3B%0D%0ASoil+Conservation+-+Iowa%3B%0D%0AWater+Conservation+-+Water%0D%0A">Farmland - Iowa; Mills County, Iowa; Soil Conservation - Iowa; Water Conservation - Water </a> An application was approved by the state of Iowa for the organization of the Mills County Soil Conservation District. State of Iowa; Commissioners of the Mills County Soil Conservation District - Steele, J.M.; Wearin, J.F. Jr.; McGrew, D.N. State Library of Iowa 1941-06-25 Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at <a title="State Library of iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org" target="_blank">http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> Miller, Earl G. - Secretary of State This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).<a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank"> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> pdf Document 0102, Referendum for a Soil District in Mills County Tally Sheet <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mills+County%2C+Iowa%3B%0D%0AElections%3B%0D%0ASupervisors">Mills County, Iowa; Elections; Supervisors</a> This is a tally of votes cast for the election of supervisors in the Mills County Soil Conservation District State Library of Iowa 1941-05-28 Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at <a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org" target="_blank">http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). <a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/unknown</a> pdf Document 0103.. Voter's Oath for Firms and Corporations <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mills+County%2C+Iowa%3B%0D%0AFarmland+-+Iowa%3B%0D%0AOaths%3B%0D%0ASoil+Conservation">Mills County, Iowa; Farmland - Iowa; Oaths; Soil Conservation</a> This is an oath for a landowner in Mills County, Iowa to sign attesting to the fact that he did not vote on the referendum to create the Mills County Soil Conservation District. unknown State Library of Iowa unknown Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at<a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofIowa.org" target="_blank"> http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).<a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank"> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> pdf document 0104. Instructions and Suggestions to Judges and Clerks - Election of Soil Conservation Districts . <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elections+-+Instructions%3B%0D%0AFarmland+-+Iowa%3B%0D%0AMills+County%2C+Iowa%3B%0D%0ASoil+Conservation">Elections - Instructions; Farmland - Iowa; Mills County, Iowa; Soil Conservation</a> These instructions are used by judges and clerks during elections for establishing soil conservation districts and voting for county soil conservation commissioners in Mills County, Iowa unknown State Library of Iowa unknown Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at <a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org">http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). <a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> pdf Document 0105. Nominating Petition for the Office of Commissioner of the Mills County Soil Conservation Commission <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Soil+Conservation+-+Iowa%3B%0D%0AWater+Conservation+-+Iowa%3B%0D%0AMills+County%2C+Iowa%3B%0D%0AFarmland+-+Iowa%3B%0D%0APetitions">Soil Conservation - Iowa; Water Conservation - Iowa; Mills County, Iowa; Farmland - Iowa; Petitions</a> This is the nomination form for the office of Commissioner of the Mills County Soil Conservation District. State Soil Conservation Committee of Iowa State Library of Iowa unknown Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at <a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org" target="_blank">http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). <a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/unknown</a> pdf Document 0106. Save Soil...On Rented Farms 1914 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Soil+Conservation+-+Iowa%0D%0AMills+County%2C+Iowa%0D%0AFarmland+-+Iowa%0D%0ASoil+Erosion%0D%0ATenant+Farming">Soil Conservation - Iowa Mills County, Iowa Farmland - Iowa Soil Erosion Tenant Farming</a> If a tenant is going to be aggressive in soil conservation work on a rented farm, he must have a guarantee from the landlord that he will receive fair compensation for unusedĀ· value in case he has to leave the farm before fully realizing his investment in soil saving or soil building practices. A lease rider attached to the rental agreement acts as a guarantee for the renter. Arthur, I.W. Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, H. H. Kildee, Director Extension Service, Ames, Iowa. Cooperative . Agricultural Extension Work, Acts of May 8 ano June 30, 1914. State Library of Iowa 1914 Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at<a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org" target="_blank"> http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).<a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank"> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> pdf document 0107. Terracing for Soil and Water Conservation 1938 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Agricultural+Terracing%3B%0D%0AIowa+Farmland%3B%0D%0AMills+County%2C+Iowa%3B%0D%0ASoil+Conservation%3B%0D%0AWater+Conservation++%0D%0A">Agricultural Terracing; Iowa Farmland; Mills County, Iowa; Soil Conservation; Water Conservation </a> This bulletin is a compilation of the best information available at the time on terrace construction and its coordination with other recommended soil conservation practices. It includes the history of terracing as well as how to implement a terracing system. Hamilton, C.L. Farmers' Bulletin No. 1789, U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture State Library of Iowa 1938-04 Chambers, TB; Jepson, HG; Ryerson, G.E. Josian C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at <a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org" target="_blank">http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). <a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> 0108. The Farmer Looks at Soil Conservation in Southern Iowa 1939 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Soil+Conservation+Iowa%0D%0AMills+County+farmland%0D%0AFarmland-Iowa%0D%0A">Soil Conservation Iowa Mills County farmland Farmland-Iowa </a> This report summarizes a survey taken of farmers cooperating with the Soil Conservation Service who were interviewed for their impressions of the program. 55 percent stated that sheet erosion had been greatly reduced or stopped, while almost 70 percent reported that gully erosion had been greatly reduced or stopped. Fifty-five percent of the farmers stated that the productivity of their farms had already been increased while 95 percent expected an increased productivity in the future. Practically all farmers stated that the program had increased the value of their farms, Bunce, Arthur C. Agricultural Experiment Station Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Agricultural Economics Subsection--Rural Social Science Section Research Division, Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating, Ames, Iowa 1939-06 Josiah C. Wearin. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at <a title="State Library of Iowa" href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org." target="_blank">www.statelibraryofiowa.org.</a> This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). <a title="In Copyright" href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en</a> pdf Document 0109. Terrace Construction with Small Equipment in the South 1940 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Farmland+-+Iowa%0D%0AMills+County%2C++Iowa%0D%0ASoil+Conservation%3B%0D%0ATerracing+-+Iowa%0D%0A">Farmland - Iowa Mills County, Iowa Soil Conservation; Terracing - Iowa </a> This document explains how light equipment, such as plows, fresno or slip scrapers, home-made or commercially built V -drags, small-blade graders or one-way disk .tillers drawn by farm tractors, horses, or mules, can be used to construct satisfactory terraces if the farmer is willing to devote the extra time that the use of this equipment requires. United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Weld, W. A., Associate Agricultural Engineer, and Puice, P.M., Agricultural Engineer, Engineering Division, Soil Conservation Service 1940-12 Josiah C. Wearin. 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