Show farm news MI floods mid and soil martel anderson andersen chairman of 0 tile pluto county AOA ACA committee says that every year we ire are still losing around acres of our farmland through erosion each year the tha sippi river niver carries some million tons of soil into the gult gulf of 0 Al mexico exico tile the cost of our annual erosion in measurable physical damages alone will easily exceed a 1 billion dollars while farm farin and urban property damaged ln the midwestern floods during tile the month of june c can an be repaired and destroyed crops can be replanted tea next year it not this the productive so soil 11 being washed down the mississippi river cannot be replaced the same Is true of hoods which carry away avay topsoil lit in utah or garfield county dut but farmers can reduce soil damage and cut down flood crests through wider use of tile measures agures which stop erosion and s slow low down the runoff of water into swollen streams for flood 1 control begins in the fields and p pastures as tures up on the watersheds back from the stream channels practices encouraged under tile the agricultural conservation Pr program which help check water runoff include erosion control and stock water dams contour furrowing terracing grassed waterways stubble mulch farming better and pasture management contour farm farming ing seeding of grasses brasses deterred deferred grazing and similar practices recommended under the tha agricultural conservation program death on Quack grass the weed specialists have loosed another killer its called a line bred cousin of 24 D it kills quack kuack grass and other weed grasses by acting through the roots is most effective when applied to the soil instead of the leaves it seem to harm beets and other broadleaf plants 24 D on the other hand kills dandelions plantain and other broadleaf broad leaE weeds but has no effect e on an quack grass and its many relatives scientists warn that may interfere with useful grasses it if the soil is dry |