Posted by John Harmon on August 10, 2010 at 21:38:16 from (174.26.207.40):
In Reply to: What is it? posted by soder33 on August 10, 2010 at 10:48:20:
A dirt throwing auger for building Terraces on side hill Farms. Repeated trips with the auger in gear throwing dirt up hill to form the Terrace . Worked in conjunction with a mold board plow which broke ground for the auger to function in.Local Soil Conservation Districts would buy one to allow Farmers to use it to construct soil saving terraces. A lot of terrace and water way construction went on during the mid and late '30's and after WW2 soil conservation got going in a big way and is still an issue on a lot of farms world wide right up till present day.We can't afford another series of "Dust Bowl" years.
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