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Show Machine to Prevent Erosion In some parts of this country a great deal of land is lost by erosion. Valuable top soil is washed away by rainstorms, leaving worthless soli which cannot be utilized for any purpose pur-pose whatever. This loss is frequently frequent-ly very serious, for in the course of time an entire field may be affected. .- Government scientists have been giv- ing the matter some attention and have developed a machine which Is said to overcome the action of the elements. It is a plow with several shovel-like blades with an alternating alternat-ing vertical motion, and as it passes over the ground it leaves a series of sna" hills and hollows. The water Is held and allowed to sink into the ground instead of passing over it and carrying the soil with it. |