Shelby County, Iowa. This is the land that supports the people in Irwin -- some of the best land in . . .; Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Shelby County, Iowa. This is the land that supports the people in Irwin -- some of the best land in the country. The topsoil is deep, fine-textured and free from stones, and even the subsoil will produce good crops. Because it is rolling, this land washes and erodes faster than in the flat country to the East, but farmers say it resists drought better than the latter. ...[This image is on of severa] taken from the airplane owned by one of
Shelby County, Iowa. This is the land that supports the people in Irwin -- some of the best land in . . .; Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Shelby County, Iowa. This is the land that supports the people in Irwin -- some of the best land in the country. The topsoil is deep, fine-textured and free from stones, and even the subsoil will produce good crops. Because it is rolling, this land washes and erodes faster than in the flat country to the East, but farmers say it resists drought better than the latter. ...[This image is on of severa] taken from the airplane owned by one of the community's young farmers. See how straight the roads are, in spite of the roll of the land. Nearly all of them are on section lines.
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