Show good feed crops 41 from grassed 1 drainage ways many farmers are finding that pasture or meadow strips seeded seede u to u grass to fo form m drainage ways are factually actually proving to be among the most valuable acres acres on the farm on many farms the grassed dr drainage am strip follows the same general line as an old ditch or gully which has been waste land or worse the ine grassed area has a broad and nearly level cross section with no waste space to establish grass that will hold the soil and prevent erosion it is asua usua usually ily necessary to fertilize drainage way before seeding once the sod is well formed the drain gageway will absorb b a great deal of moisture the combination cam carn of fertilizer and adequate moist moisture ure makes the drainage way higl highly ay productive of feed either 9 grazing a 1 n 9 or farmers bulletin 1814 just issued by the united states department of agriculture offers practical advice as to establishing farm it includes a convenient set of tables and charts to aid fart farmers nem in calculating the cross section of drainage ways and terrace erace e race outlets which will be larce enough to care for the probable runoff run off from areas of from 1 IP acres those these are calculated from runoff run off records from various sections of the country and arp are 1 based on tho the heaviest rains to be expected once in 10 years the bulletin terrace outlets and farn Drainage ways is free on request to the department of agriculture washington D C |