- Collection:
- USDA Photo Collection, Columbia County, Georgia
- Title:
- Photograph of J.C. Butler, Orrin Anderson and A.J. Anderson standing in a crimson clover field, Columbia County, Georgia, 1956 April
- Creator:
- United States. Soil Conservation Service
United States. Department of Agriculture - Date of Original:
- 1956-04
- Subject:
- Soil conservation--United States
Soil conservation districts--Georgia--Evans
United States. Department of Agriculture
Soil erosion--Climatic factors--Georgia--Evans
Agricultural laborers--Georgia--Evans
Hats--Georgia--Evans
Trees--Georgia--Evans
Farms--Georgia--Evans
Cover crops--Georgia--Evans
Men--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:
- J.C. Butler, Orrin Anderson and A.J. Anderson in a field of crimson clover in Columbia County, Georgia. 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 for the USDA Soil Conservation Service, now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- G-187-11
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ccgal_usdapc_gch-scs-01-013-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ccgal_usdapc_gch-scs-01-013-01
- 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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