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Show " , ' , . . ' " Scattered tufts of coarse grass was all that grew on this desert land near Lordsburg r : . 1\1 1 . \ before the theSoil Soil Conservation senlce began work ( upper pIcture ) Below shows the same section three years later Tobosa grass has been planted and It has flourished flourishedThe The floodwaters o the rainy season have been utIllzed to IrrIgate the land Instead of erodmg It arth dikes dikesand and Wlrc spreaders slow up the flow of the water and allow It to sink in and soak the sOIl The grass nol nolonly only prevents further erosIon but provIdes abundant food for livestock |