| Show sow mustard to prevent flood following firo fira in an e effort fro rt to prevent 11 flood damage to toland land recently robbed of its vegetation by forest fires the united states forest service la Is starting in to cover it with ft a mustard plaster to speed tho the of acres of forest and brush land of the arroyo arroy 0 seco watershed in the angeles national forest in southern california which burned over late in july forest service workers are seeding it into to mustard a weed which roots quickly and grows rapidly even under unfavorable conditions condl tlona they are arc also planting wild guntlow sunt low ers A similar remedy was successful in holding soll boll on parts of the th e great santa barbara burn to la 1032 establishment ment of any kind of green cover greatly reduces the rapid runoff run off oft and washing of the loose soil sell by the winter rains a situation which caused tho the disastrous montrose flood near los loa angeles last now new years eve when many lives were lost the ilie cities below tho the recent burn have tho the additional protection I 1 afford afforded etl by the oata cate dam at pasadena much odthe seeding will bo be done by the civilian conservation atlon corps working under forest foreit service direction |
