Show 1 47 terraced farm land has its ts advantages terraced gardens and fields are the rule it in places whore where tile the topography of the land would otherwise bo be a liar to agriculture soil erosion which un tin results asu t in enormous losses to t ta Is most alost effectively prevented presented or controlled by this method thero there me are two distinct type of terraces for use 01 moderate slopes the ridge terrace Is best adapted while for steep slopes the bench terrace gives th best results thu the ridge terraces are subdivided into the he narrow base und and the broad bae types tho the broad has base e terrace mitt ait be cultivated ind and can he be readily tilled with ith modern farm arin machinery the narrow nn row base ridge terrace does oot not possess poPs 4 elmber of these advantages ind under tinder ordinary circumstances Is t e 49 de desirable than the broad ba base s e type tile broad baso base find and level ridge terrace more nearly meets the require monts of an ideal terrace than tiny other kind its distinct over the flie terrace with a fan fall Is that nono none of lie he fertile parts of the soll soil are washed front from tile field the broad base rinde grade terrace generally known as tho the alan u uin in te terrace arace pos possesses all the advin addan of the other with the exception f tile the one just noted terraced farm lands are common in foreign countries for instance though Roten rotenfels fels Ger germany to Is hemmed in by steep mountains the enterprising natives have terraced the slopes in or lor to grow grapes our own finwall ans somo some ingenious examples of ter cing |