Show erosion takes alarming toll of good CropLand crop land erosion Is taking an increasingly alarming toll of good crop landan land in the united states estimates by the department of agriculture indicate that about million acres of once good crop land have hava been ruined or nearly ruined for profit able cropping by erosion another million acres have been badly damaged and sub still another million lion acres are eroding too fast there are now approximately abo million acres osgood of good crop land in the U S including acreage now in crops as ae well as about million acres that need clearing drainage irrigation or other improvement all but about aa a million acres of this million acres are subject to erosion unless protective measures are adopted |