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' the increasesthe moisture mOl.ture mOlture moaeturc . content of the land landCombined landComblned landCombsncd Comblned Combsncd Combsncdt l t , ith ltlt rth ltltotI rthotl , oil otI otl otIcr otler cr er erpract praet pract ces cue it addsto adds addilo . 10 to their thelr effectiveness efechtiencsso efechtiencssoContour effectn effectivenessContour eness Contour Conlour farm Cann n ng ! ; means plo'Hng ploHng plowing ' harroWlDg harrowing plottingharrowing plo'HngharroWlDg plowingharrowing plant ng cultn cultivating cultnatrrig atm ! ' : . , , nnd and barsesting hll hllesl.1n andlianesling nndhll andbarsesting \esl.1n esl.1n \ . ! ; on the level leel lesel leelrather leselrather , rather than upend up lUId and uplUId upand do doi dot , n tho slope-around slope around dope-around dope slope - - around the lull lullrather lullrather lullrather rather cdridge cdridges than over it The furro furrov furros , edridges cd ed ridges * elow slow down tho the movement of ofwalet ofwater owater ( walet water off ofI the field fieldallowing allowing ulloWlng more m018 more m018tare moretare moistore tare to tQ coafc soak soakInto into the ground . , , and andstoppmg andstopping andttoppmg stoppmg stopping the soil so from being bcmg washed washeddown down to lower Ie levels , els 'When When ' . contour contourlDg contourmg contouring lDg mg cuts the speedoC speedof speed of oC tho the water run-oII run oII runoff - - in fa run-offin run offin runoIIin runofffa half balf ' , , ( for (01 01 ' example its capacity capaClty for forcmyfng forcarrying foreatrylug cmyfng eatrylug .o o . toil Goal drops ps about 7S 1S 75 percent percentaccording ercent , , , aecordn1g according to WFA WFAreports reports In Incon controlled controlled con controlled : trolled tests teats test * covering covenng a II 7year 7 year penod period periodland penodlpd periodInd lpd Ind lostlIImost Indcultivated most eall.1V11tedup cultivatedup cultivated eall.1V11ted eall1V11ted . up and down lull hill lost lostalmost lIImost two and IlDd IlDda anda a half times tunes as muchspil much muchpU muchpll spil ( , pU per pel ' acre M lIS as ' land 'and and farmedon farmed on theeonlou theeoIl10Ia the thetODlOnX t I [ thet theI eonlou tODlOnX eoIl10Ia . * . P . Contouring lias has bas hasmany many variations IUch such IUchu suchu sucliM u contoured eontonred intertilledcrops Inter intertilled tilled tilledcrops crops , , , contourstdp.ctopping contour stdp.ctopping stdpctopping lCfopplng [ : . , , contout contour seedmg seeding of oflIIJIaU ofstall lIIJIaU stall , crain grain crops , IlDd and IlDdcontouring andcontouring contouring forwater for forwater watM water po1obout pointsout ; conservation conservation . . . But WtA WFA po1ob points pointout * out that the tho bane b8llc principle pnnclple is fs the theeam thevain theeame stem fnrteaa Snstead eam vain working orldaa orldn & across tho the lope elope slope ( Sn ' s stemparalleling stead of paralleling parallelmg it it . . . AsBiMince Ass181ance Assistance 10 In 10earrymg Incarrying incarrying earrymg carrying out these andother and other contour contourprachces contourpractices : contourpractices prachces practices is available uVnllable to farmers Canners under _ - . - - H _ the conscrvat consenat consersat on program odrn odm adm ms nis mstered nistered tered nisIfred nisd by tIe tla tl tI e a Agr cultural Adjustn Adfustn ent entgrne entIprnc entlgrnry \grne grne lgrnry lgrnryTlpe \ } ) elopeloth slopeloth elopear T Tpc Tlpe ) } pe oCso ofso of oC so Iand 1 I andsteepness and steepness oCslope ofelope of oC slope elope loth ioth i lothlnfluence othinfluence oth tyof influence lnfluence II tl lie IIe tla e a rcta reta nine nml fling ' : capac copoe ty of ofcontour Contounnff contour furro Iurro vS . vt " > , S3S says saysI } \ \\I I RI \ \ I V 1 \ Con Conlourm Contouring lourm/ lourm touring lourmn / ! : n ay be all tiat ll tI at 3t is rcqu requ red to tocontrol tocontrol tocontrol control controlcro cro on o 0 of i 1 land lands v s , thopen th open porous openporous EO so Ica 1ea 1 I ea ca y slope slopes " . or v , here hereramfall hererainfall hererainfall ramfall rainfall ramfallIS rainfallis is gentle genlle Under less adon adorn adonlageous adorntageous advantageous , lageous tageous cond I t Ions ons ens add t I onal prae practices praellces praeUces llces Uces such suchas , as terracing terracmg cover co\Or co Or corer \ crops cropsand cropsand requiredto rcqUlredto and andsod cropsand sodt Eod sod v t , atcrwas atcrways aterwa } s may be rcqUlred required to achieve tIe tia tl tI e a best beot results result . , Conservat resultsConservat on ofmOlsture ofmoisture of moisture mOlsture . , , , soJ soil . ! , , , and andplant andplant andplant hashad plant nutrients nUlncnls thro Ighcontounng ighcontouring igh contouring contounng has had hada a notable effect on acre 5icld } lcId iced lcIdoC icedof oC of oCcrops ofcrops ofcrops crops cays says Wl'A WlA WrA wr ' A . . . Inspeelnc In specific speelnc areasstartling areas areasstarllmg areasstartling starllmg startling increases were reported , , , such suchas suchas suchas as 23 bustels buel busl bust els cIs more corn an acre In Iowa Iowa inIowa . , , an on l increase crease of of2 6.2 62 -2 2 . - bushels per acre peracre of oC oCSO ofsoybeans SO soybeans ) bC DS in m illinOIs Illinois flhnora , , 4 41more 4-1 4 1 41 - $ more New\ New morebneheli morebusheh morebushels busheh bushels bushehoC of oC potatoes potaloes aa an acre in an Nework New 1 \ . 1ork ork ork . , , an increase mcrease of oC 4 bushels of wheat wheatpel wheatper wheatper pel per ' ccra nero micro in m the Great Plains Plams and 29 29pounds 29pounds 29pounds pounds more cotton per contonred contoured contonredtlcre contouredacre contouredacre tlcre acre in m us TcxasMost TexasMost Texas Tcxas TexasMost Most of oC the fanners farmers who have ltnve been beenusmg beenusing beenusing usmg using the contour methodof method of handImg handling handlingtheir handImgtheir forless their crops : crop ! ' report rcport that it : calls calIs for less Cucl fuel , , , less power and nnd less work workthan workthan workthan than going gomg up l1P and down the elope slope Expenence Experienco tlopeExpenenco elopeExpenence slopeExperienco has shown that on an S- S - Spercent 8 8-percent 8 percent - " percent elope slope a farmer Carmer can : plow 10percent 10 10percent 10percent percent more landon land on the contour cont01l1 : in ina Ina Ina a & given &lven lven period penod , , and that he willme willuse will me use me10 10 percent less IC93 tractor fuelacre fuel acre for foracro foracre foracre acro acre . , . In Illinois DllnOlS it vu was ores reported 1h.t 1ht that 1h.tcosts thatcosts . thatcoits costs had lead been h en reduced as ns much muchas ai as 95cent 95 95eentl 95cents eentl cents * an IUl acre ncre for man labor , 25cenU 25cents 25 cenU cents cenUIUl centsan ceatian IUl an acra acre for horse lUIdmachinery and lUId machinery ex er expense erpenis ipense pense penis totalfarm , , and 72 12 cents an acre for totalC totalann totalfarm total C farm ann e expenses ' < enscs comparedWlth comparedwith compared Wlthcosts withcosts with Wlth costs on onuncontoured onuncontoured onuncontoured uncontoured farms _ |