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Show Snow as Soil Thief "Snowdrift erosion" is the latest soil thief discovered by the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture. Occurring principally prin-cipally In the Northwest the erosion Is reported to have lowered wheat yields In that section.. For a wheat crop, say government experts, It is the common practice to furrow the land in the fall and crop it in the next spring. The trouble comes because be-cause the snowdrifts form on leeward lee-ward slopes In winter, and at the spring melting carry away the loose, recently plowed soil. The phenomena phenom-ena is worst on northern slopes, because be-cause the drifts are deepest there and the soil Is not frozen when snow on top melts away. Montreal Herald. |