Show spring runoff lo 10 test practices i when the heavy snows of this i winter vin tir melt the citizens of san sail juan and grand counties v will have an excellent opportunity to observe the effectiveness of soil and 1 i water conservation practices car ried out under tile te agricultural conservation pro program ram according to wilford frost chairman of the county A agricultural e conservation committee a large percentage of the farmers in in the county carried out conservation practices under the 1948 many practices carried out with the aid of tile the help to condition the soil to absolu in increased ceased amounts of water practices which do this are the seeding of f grass and legumes the planting 0 and plowing under of green manure and cover crops and the planting of trees are particularly important i for this purpose these practices protect the soil from washing and at the same time slow down runoff so that mor more e of it soaks into the land certain mechanical practices also are effective in checking the water runoff these include terracing farming farmin on the contour erosion control dams dains sod waterways and spreader ditches these practices serve as obstructions in the flow of water and thus check erosion prevent accumulations of water into gully washing proportions and give ive time for more of the moisture to soak into the ground mr air frost said that while the practices tires mentioned cannot be expected to prevent runoff they should serve to check the da damage ia from such runoff farms barit s where ii e such practices are not carried out will provide a good comparison to determine the effectiveness of the practices |