Show Grass Holds Soil Long Fingers Aid Fertility Grass ss Is a mIser Its long fingers hold onto the soil solI and soIl fertility as asa asa a mIser holds onto money It not only prevents pI e erosIOn but well managed land loses less fertility be- be because cause cauce less Is taken from the soil soH by pasture plants and nd part of that which is remO removed ed Is restored dIrectly through the manure ot of grazing anI anImals animals mals Land planted to corn on an 8 to 10 per cent slope In MIssouri and North Carolina loses loces 15 to 17 tons or of soil solI per acre annually Land gro growing Ing blue blue- bluegrass bluegrass grass or lespedeza loses only 08 to 09 ton per acre Similar results were ob- ob obtaIned obtained In a comparison of the native grass nes sod cod and cleaned tilled l in central K and of cotton and grassland In southern states Deca Decay lag Ing grass roots keep the soil porous and favorable fa to the absorption of mOisture |