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Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0018
Item: 00701
Title: Corn cover crop between Prairie States Forestry Project field windbreaks, Warwick (N.D.)
Date: 8/1939
Creator: Shaffer, W. H.
Inscription/Marks: On the back: col. 75/701, a USFS credit stamp, "5561" stamped, and a pasted on piece of paper on which is typed "384171..(Timber Management, Prairie States Forestry Project, Individual Cooperator, H. A. Keifer, North Dakota) H. A. Keifer 1939 field windbreak, 3 miles south of Warwick, N.D. Corn cover crop planted between the rows of trees to hold snow and stop soil from blowing, Taken by W.H. shaffer-August 1939".
Summary: A band of corn rows forms a strip bordering a large field on a farm near Warwick (N.D.). This is identified as a corn cover crop planted with the intention of creating a windbreak to hold snow and prevent wind erosion of the soil in the field. A rural road can be seen at the side of the field, and farm buildings are on the horizon.
Red ID: PH_I_145030 Image ID: 106065 Image Notes: 00075-00701

Collection: 00075 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1896-1942

Summary: Includes WPA buildings, road construction projects, images of drought, farming, irrigation projects, coal mining, 4-H activities, agriculture students in the National Youth Administration program, and North Dakota pioneers.

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