Show l f t Z Wind Strip-Cropping Strip Halts Blowing o of Soil T Time me at Hand to Plan For Future Protection FARMERS FARMERS C are making more and more use of wind strip-cropping strip to help protect the soil and increase food production in areas where bare dry soils are subject to blowing b by constant winds of high velocity according ac ac- cording to the War Food adminis adminis- When the fertile topsoil is THANK GOODNESS IVE I'VE FINISHED INS Y STRIP MY FARM FARMa FARMr a r 9 y XE- XE Plant Windbreaks Now i removed productivity of the affected affect affect- ed land is immediately lowered and will continue to decrease from year to year unless some means of stop ping the depletion is employed I Wind strip-cropping strip is the use of alternate strips placed at right angles angles an I to prevailing winds or in a continuous continuous continuous con con- S so that the winds cannot canI cannot can can- I not blow parallel to the rows Close Close- growing crops such as legumes grasses and small grains are planted plant I ed in alternate bands with cultivated I crops and when turned under as green manure replace nitrogen organic organic organic or or- ganic matter and other plant food essential to fertility If the strips I are arc laid out on the contour the water wa war warter ter conservation that results will offer offer of of- I fer additional help in preventing the soil from blowing I Alternate strips of summer fallow and grain shorten the distance that loose soil can move during rest pe per nods When fallow and wheat are are stripped together for example the stubble left after the wheat has been harvested will protect the fallowed land while it renews its fertility in preparation for the new grain crop The old wheat strip will then go into fallow in progressive rotation In many areas where it is especially especial especial- ly suitable wind strip-cropping strip has haa replaced the earlier method of alternating al ale entire fields of fallow and I crops The movement of soil exposed exposed ex posed during winter and spring 1 months is greatly reduced when the theland theland theland land is planted in alternate bands rather than in fields which would be open to o the wind The danger and severity of the tha winds must be taken into consideration I tion in hi planning the width of the tha strips The stronger the blowing the narrower the strips required to counteract its effect Many barren wastes in America could be completely salvaged by byI I proper wind strip |