| Show sow mustard to prevent flood following fire in nn an effort to prevent hood flood damage to land hind recently robbed of its VCR elation by forest fires the united states forest foiest service Js is star tins in to cover it with a mustard plaster to speed the of acres of forest and brush land ot of the arroyo seco watershed in the angeles national forest in southern california which burned over late in july forest r eon erice ice workers are seeding it to tb mustard a weed which roots quickly and grows rapidly even under unfavorable conditions they fire are also planting wild ers A similar remedy was successful in holding soil on parts of the great santa barbara burn in 1932 establishment of any kind of green cover greatly reduces the rapid runoff run off and washing of the loose soil by tile the winter rains a situation which caused the disastrous montrose ont hood flood near los log angeles lost last new years eve when many lives were lost tile the cities below vic the recent burr burn have the additional protection afforded by the devils gate daut dam at pasadena much of the seeding will be done by the civilian conservation atlon corps corp working under forest service direction |
