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D67069-106
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- 1952-05-29 (Creation)
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Construction during the "Farm in a Day" project at Moses Lake, Wa. While construction was still continuing on the home and outbuildings, 70 pieces of heavy equipment and 34 tractors started churning up the soil that had laid fallow for 30 years following the failure of the wheat farmers. Giant levelers came first with the break of dawn, followed by disks, harrows, fertilizing equipment and seeders. Depleted nitrogen was replaced in the soil by pellets, powder and injected gas. The irrigation system was installed and the soil planted. Crops were specifically selected for optimum production- potatoes, beans and corn for "cash crops" and alfalfa, clover and oats for soil building rotation. (Popular Mechanics "They Built Him a Farm in a Day" Dec. 1952, pg 118-22 +)
Construction--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Agriculture--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Reclamation of land--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Irrigation--Moses Lake--1950-1960; Farms--Moses Lake--1950-1960;