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Excerpt from Effect of Cover on Surface Run-Off and Erosion in the Loessial Uplands of Mississippi The huge soil losses from cultivated and other bare lands are indicative of the hazards involved in converting even moderate slopes, in the silt loam uplands Of Mississippi, from forests to a bare land type of agriculture. Although rainfall was abnormally abundant during the study period it is believed that the soil-loss figures are conservative, inasmuch as the gradient Of the plots was moderate, their slopes were Uniform, and their length was slight. These data substantiate earlier observations to the effect that the cultivable life of such upland soils ranges from 5 to 20 years only. It is doubtful that such hasty exploitation Of these soils, which required ages of weathering to produce, adds much to the economic well being of the landowner O, bviously, it does not conduce to public welfare. That forestry, pasture development, and the production of forage cover crops are types of land management deserving wider usage is also implied by the results Of this study. It appears probable that on land having a plant cover of any Of the types studied, the rate at which erosion is occurring is well within that at which soil IS being formed by natural processes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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