“No-Till Saves Soil” Sign
“No-Till Saves Soil” Sign
- Description
- In the late 1980s and 1990s, the Soil and Water Conservation District of Bureau County, Illinois distributed these signs to promote no-till farming. Conservation tillage (no-till is one approach) was developed in the 1960s as a soil preservation method. New herbicides and specialized planters allowed farmers to plant without plowing. Traditionally, farmers tilled the soil to prepare it for planting and during the growing season to kill weeds. Plowing buried weeds and crop residue from the previous season but caused damaging soil erosion. By 2015, the use of conservation tillage had reduced soil erosion in the United States to a record low.
- Object Name
- sign
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 24 in x 1/4 in; 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm x .635 cm
- ID Number
- 2011.0173.08
- catalog number
- 2011.0173.08
- accession number
- 2011.0173
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jim Rapp
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Agriculture
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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