| Show I Going Straight Doesn't t Help Avoid Soil Erosion It does docs oes not pay to follow the honored honored time farm adage Plow Pow a straight furrow if y your ur land is bein being depleted by soil erosion says the United States Department of Agriculture Straight rows especially over sloping land and make soil erode more rapidly than usual The desire for straight rows has been a costly contributing cause of erosion on American farms Straight rows were never intended for sloping fields says R n H Davis soil er specialist of the department A straight row down a slope really gives soil erosion a n start Many modern farm implements really contribute to soil erosion when they are arc used for straight rows over sloping fields rather than making the rows follow the contours of the land This was strikingly demonstrated on a Kan Kan- Kan Kansas Kansas sas field With straight rows 70 per cent of a l inch 3 rain ran loan off while with the rows following the contours of the slopes only 16 per perr percent percent cent of the rain ran off To correct erosion conditions n a anew anew new cultivating machine has been developed which leaves the field fieldin fieldin fieldin in a pitted condition The shovels of the machine alternately go up and bythe down and each ench pit dug by the shovels holds about 3 gallons of water This allows the water to soak into the ground rather than run off I I Joe E Brown in Broad Min Minded ed at the Bountiful Theatre on Decor Decoration j I II t Day y 14 |
