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Show Erosion Prevented By Sound Practice Growing Crops Help In Saving the Soil By W. J. DRYDEN The late spring floods and heavy rains made many farmers realize real-ize that losses from water erosion can be serious. Michigan State col- E.Sa&aBfS? lege specialists list four rules to reduce re-duce water erosion on farm land. 1. Never leave the ground bare longer than necessary. Vegetation is Important over the winter. 2. As the slope of the land increases, in-creases, use more crops of grass and small grains and fewer cultivated cultivat-ed crops. 3. If medium sloping land is cultivated, cul-tivated, practice strip cropping, cross slope seeding and tilling, and use sod waterways and terraces. 4. Keep the soil in as high a state of fertility as 'possible. Add lime where necessary, use commercial fertilizers and add humus through natural manures, green manures or crop residues. |