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Show Overhauling the Land i s J. . " h i v 1 Ten years' work in rebuilding the soil-depleted 300-acre Rio Grande College farm at Rio Grande, Ohio, were compressed into 13 hours recently by 600 workers and hundreds of pieces of mechanized farm equipment. In this hilly Ohio valley country, chief problem was removal of excess water which had been carry ng away top soil. Diversion ditches and sod water outlets were prepared. Two ponds were built. The course of a stream was altered. Years of cultivation had taken much of the life from the farm's soil, so the horde of workers work-ers also attacked the problem of soil rejuvenation. Great areas were tilled, limed, fertilized and j seeded and overgrown pasture i land was reclaimed and prepared for seeding. In the picture, a Jeep, equipped with bush and bog harrow, har-row, is engaged in mulching as part of the work done on the farm. |