Show Fences on the Contour Get Rid of Point Rows Contour farming in a square sq afe fenced field usually makes a anum num number ber her of short rows or point rows in inthe inthe inthe the corners Many farmers in demonstration dem demonstration areas are getting rid of the point rows which are a nuisance to cultivate by rebuilding fences to parallel the curvature of the con con- contour contour contour tour says Charles R. R Enlow chief agronomist of the soil conservation service One farmer who had a perma permanent permanent nent pasture adjoining a cultivated field added the point rows to the pasture and added some of the pas pas- pasture pasture ture at a t the upper swing of the con con- contour contour tour to the cultivated portion of the farm In the end he had about abou the same acreage of pasture anc and cultivated landas before He pro pro- protected protected protected the point rows newly seeded to pasture grass by not moving the fence until the grass was firmly established When land next to a cultivated field has a soil that is rocky thin or unproductive it should not be added to the cultivated portion of the farm |