Contour strips and hillside combines on Arbon's slopes, 1952–1965
How valley farmers worked steep dry-farm ground: Ross Saxton's contour strips in 1952, a hillside grain saver praised by Arbon men in 1960, and a combine that overturned in 1965.
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How valley farmers worked steep dry-farm ground: Ross Saxton's contour strips in 1952, a hillside grain saver praised by Arbon men in 1960, and a combine that overturned in 1965.