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Construction of a waterway turn-strip.

Bill Young, son-in-law of Ernest Harms approaching a bromegrass waterway with a tractor. The waterway is used as a turnstrip in cultivating corn, in Underwood, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Bill Young, Corn, Ernest Harms, Farmland, Soil and Water Conservation, Turn-strip Cultivating, W.H. Lathrop, Watershed, Waterways, West Pottawattamie County Iowa

FFA Field Day on the Jones farm.

Before and after pictures of the work done at the FFA Field Day on Lloyd Jones' farm in West Lincoln Township; Warren County, Iowa.

Tags: Farmland, FFA Field Day, Lloyd Jones Farm, Soil and Water Conservation, Warren County, Waterways

Contoured waterway on the Gaumer farm.

Contoured waterway on Keith Gaumer's farm in Warren County, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Contour Farming, Farmland, Keith Gaumer, Soil and Water Conservation, Warren County, Waterways

Willard Robinson drop spillway structure.

Willard Robinson drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Delaware County Iowa, Drop Spillway, Farmland, Soil and Water Conservation, Waterways, Willard Robinson

Don Recker spill drop way concrete structure in Delaware County, Iowa.

Tags: Delaware County Iowa, Don Recker, Drop Spillway, Farmland, Soil and Water Conservation, Waterways

Hoffman & Broghammer Group's concrete drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa; 3 miles north of Manchester, Iowa.

Hoffman/Broghammer concrete drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa. Built in 1959, the reinforced drop spillway structure of "Island Type" serves as the tile outlet for 8" and 12" tiles and as a waterway stabilizer. The waterway was started…

Tags: Delaware County Iowa, Drop Spillway, Hoffman & Brogghammer Group, Soil and Water Conservation, Waterways

Erosion damage, and waterway needs in a field.

Photo of erosion damage, and waterway needs in a field in Cherokee County, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Cherokee County Iowa, Erosion, Farmland, Soil and Water Conservation, Waterways

Drop inlet (riser) on the Bumann farm.

Photo of a road drop inlet (riser) on the Bumann farm in Cherokee County, Iowa.

Tags: Cherokee Iowa, Drop Inlet, Farming Practices, Farmland, Riser, Soil and Water Conservation, Waterways

Grassed waterway on the Bumann farm.

Photo of the grassed waterway on the Bumann farm in Cherokee County, Iowa.

Tags: Agriculture, Cherokee County Iowa, Farmland, Grassed Waterway, Soil and Water Conservation, Waterways

Hoffman & Broghammer Group's concrete drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa; 3 miles north of Manchester, Iowa.

Hoffman/Broghammer concrete drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa. Built in 1959, the reinforced drop spillway structure of "Island Type" serves as the tile outlet for 8" and 12" tiles and as a waterway stabilizer. The waterway was…

Tags: Agriculture, Delaware County Iowa, Drop Spillway, Farmland, Hoffman & Brogghammer Group, J. Widman, J.C. Costigon, Manchester Iowa, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Conservation Service, Waterways

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