More than 100,000 people gathered in 1952 to watch plowing contests and educational events sponsored by the Minnesota Soil Conservation Districts in Dodge County. The huge crowd also came to watch ...
It was called pony drilling and the name pony referred to the small drill used. You could turn the soil over and seed it all at the same time. Very efficient! My Dad had 2 pony drill outfits. One was ...
Last week Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet proposed a soil conservation measure that would end a loophole, whereby taxpayers are again subsidizing the plowing of fragile grasslands that are highly ...