- Collection:
- USDA Photo Collection, Columbia County, Georgia
- Title:
- Photograph of J.C. Butler standing in crimson clover field on the farm of J.C. Thomas, Evans, Georgia, 1952 April
- Creator:
- United States. Soil Conservation Service
United States. Department of Agriculture - Date of Original:
- 1952-04
- Subject:
- Soil conservation--United States
Soil conservation districts--Georgia--Evans
United States. Department of Agriculture
Soil erosion--Climatic factors--Georgia--Evans
Men--Georgia--Evans
Hats--Georgia--Evans
Farms--Georgia--Evans
Cover crops--Georgia--Evans - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Columbia County, Evans, 33.53375, -82.13067
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Work Unit Conservationist J.C. Butler is seen in a field of crimson clover on the farm of Dr. J.C. Thomas. Crimson clover is one of many cover crops planted to prevent soil erosion, improve soil’s physical and biological properties, supply nutrients, suppress weeds, improve the availability of soil water, and break pest cycles along with various other benefits. Photograph taken by Leon J. Sisk for the USDA Soil Conservation Service, now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- Local Identifier:
- 2-2434-05
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ccgal_usdapc_gch-scs-01-004-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ccgal_usdapc_gch-scs-01-004-01
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- United States. Department of Agriculture
- Original Collection:
- U.S.D.A. Photo Collection, Columbia County, GA
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia County Library (Evans, Ga.)
- Rights:
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