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Soil Special lecture train educates Iowa with expert farming talks
The Soils Special train, carrying Ames College faculty Profs Holden Stevenson Snyder Hauser and Stewart, tours towns from Des Moines to Mt Ayr, teaching soil conservation, crop rotation and manure use as Iowa cities close banks and join a statewide educational effort. W J Johnson notes the program emphasizes practical farming, livestock feeding, clover culture and tile drainage to restore soil fertility.
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Iowa
Agricultural College
Ames
Holden
Stevenson
Snyder
Hauser
Stewart
Des Moines
E. R. Puffer
Chicag
W. G. Wagner
Division Freight
Mica
Burlington
and & If
Hunter
Indiana
Ohio
Eastern
Middle States
Hawkeye