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| Keywords: Bessie Parker farm, Leon, Iowa. Erosion reduced value of the farm - NARA - 286163.tif Scope and content The following is typed on the back of the photo The erosion in these field has reduced the value of the farm to the point where all but 40 acres have been taken over for taxes The remaining 40 will be taken over sometime this year unless of course the back taxes are paid The farm was originally composed of 160 acres selling in 1875 for 6 00 per acre The land increased in value to a maximum in 1916 when the 40 acres sold for 4500 The present owner purchased this 40 acres for 47 00 per acre in 1928 The land changed hands twenty-two times during this period and was reduced from a 160 acre unit to a 40-acre unit and then increased to its present size of 63 acres The taxes on the 40 acres for 1938 was 30 00 General notes 286163 Local identifier Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Upper Mississippi Region Region 3 Missouri State Office <br /> 07/01/1942 - 1953 Most Recent <br /> Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Upper Mississippi Region Region 5 Missouri State Office <br /> 12/11/1935 - 07/01/1942 Predecessor <br /> Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Missouri State Office 1933 - 1935 Predecessor NARA's Central Plains Region Kansas City NREA 400 West Pershing Road Kansas City MO 64108 1939-02-02 Record group Record Group 114 Records of the Natural Resources Conservation Service 1875 - 2002 Record group ARC 443 Annual Reports compiled 1930 - 1947 Series ARC 286143 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRE-114-MOSC AR -81 yes Other versions <gallery> File Bessie_Parker_farm _Leon _Iowa _Erosion_reduced_value_of_the_farm_-_NARA_-_286163 tif tif File Bessie_Parker_farm _Leon _Iowa _Erosion_reduced_value_of_the_farm_-_NARA_-_286163 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Farming in Iowa 1939 in Iowa Erosion in the United States Leon Iowa NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs | ||||