Show storms of winter injure farm land protection from erosion Is urged by early use of common grains by R H morrish agronomist soil conservation Co merva service ohio state university service land owners should make provisions to protect their fields from the destruction of winter storms which cannot aid crops but which do cause severe erosion lack of water during the growing season prevented the u usual s u a I 1 amount of plant growth on most soils pastures have been over grazed and the covering of grass will be thinner than all these factors will combine to make conditions favorable for erosion during late fall and winter down pours oats wheat or rye will serve to protect fields which can be planted to these common grains oats will winterkill but if they are planted early enough they obtain sufficient growth to furnish ground cover in the winter wheat or rye are usually more satisfactory as cover crops and they can be plowed down in the spring in time to get the field ready for other crops D R dodd specialist in agronomy ohio state university s says a y s thin pastures can be helped materially by applying lime and fertilizer and by re seeding the poorer spots lime should be applied only after aft the soil has been tested mr dodd do d ed recommends the use of 20 per cent or a 0 14 6 fertilizer at the rate of from to pounds per acre early fall seeding of the grasses in the pasture mixture frequently gives the best results A good mix mixture contains 7 pounds kentucky blue grass 4 pounds timothy or orchard grass 3 pounds red top 3 pounds red clover and I 1 pound white clover the legumes for this mixture can be seeded irl in the spring |