| Show you cail can t AF ford t A A I 1 gully ou plow how much does it cost to own 4 a gully commenting on oil this question marcillus Marcel luB johnson chairman of the kane kand county agricultural conservation committee says t that h a t few farmers stop atop to consider sido the cost of a gully pe ile points out that there are three malor major cost items 1 i the breakdown and loss losa of 0 the tha organic matter tn in the soil boll loss losh ot of 0 the that Is wast washed 10 d vay away and most moat important of all a decrease in the productive capacity of the farm th the e cost of the breakdown in soil structure must be figu ft gurail reit tn terms of food f lost it may nover never be to fully restore the land to what it would have pro continued on last page YOU JANT M arford A GULLY continued from page dured had it U been properly handled topsoil washed away Is a positive loss los to the farm and it may ie a permanent loss in bernis bernia of futures fu production produCt lOn tile tho P prodie adue cioll would have heon pos salle pah 10 lo h had d the topsoil beell held Is the yardstick for measuring ahls loss the gully itself may inay be healed liea letl ill uma time by grass or r other fast growing god forini ng plants dut but it always ha be a threat to the farm and rid my never lie li brought rough back into full production when WIlm you stop to think palf t saya bays MV MI johnson johnann Joh naon no farmer can afton a gully in fact gullies ullalea cost mo the nation can call afford the tha product production lon from that I 1 to maintain I 1 standard f of 0 hying g tho farmer needs it and the needs 1 4 |
