Show checking soil erosion it does not pay to follow the time honored farm adage plow a straight furrow if your land Is being depleted by soil joslon bays the united states department of agriculture straight rows especially over sloping land make eoll erode more rapidly than usual the desire tor straight rows has been a costly contributing cause of erosion on american farms straight rowa were never intended for sloping fields says K H dails soil erosion specialist of the department A straight row down a slope really gives soil erosion a start |