Show SAVING THE HILLSIDE SOILS SOIL S I 1 sonia some practical ial suggestions for management of fields that have been badly washed away you have noticed that the soil on tho the elde hlll field lias has washed badly the last few years ever wonder what was tho the reason for this increased water action do you wish kostop it humus the decaying vegetable matter in the soil tends to prevent this erosion humus absorbs moisture and retains it when the soil contains an abundance of humus the soil particles are kept apart and t they can absorb more water the soil la Is open and the water tends to soak into the ground instead of run off therefore one of the best ways of preventing erosion Is to keep the soil full of humus have ila ve the grasses or legumes occupy a prominent place in tho the rotation tor for the tha hillside fields perhaps some borne bad gullies have formed jn in your held field and you desire t to 0 till fill them up it if so make the force of the gullies the force that washed them out fill them up place brush in the ditches with the tops upstream up stream and it will catch arid and hold bold the material washed down even a better method however is the use of at tho the woven wiro dam place a stake on each side of the gully three foet feet from the bank and fasten ablen a piece of woven wire to them place old hay above this wire and it will catch almost all of the material washed by the water the gully wilt will thou thoa till fill up when it reaches tha top toi of the woven wire put on another strip and repeat the process soil boll eio erosion sion can never bo be prevented entirely but it can be greatly reduced a d by a regard for in im 3 principle of proper so soil 11 management |