| Description: | Describes the strip cropping method of crop production, for the purpose of erosion control. |
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| Creation Date: | July 1938 |
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Publisher Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
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| Original Creation Date: | July 1938 | |
| Description: | Describes the strip cropping method of crop production, for the purpose of erosion control. |
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Originally issued June 1937; revised July 1938. "Supersedes Leaflet no. 85: Strip cropping to prevent erosion."--p. ii. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction -- Three types of strip cropping -- Conservation measures -- Contour strip cropping -- Advantages of strip cropping -- Some economics of strip cropping -- Physical soil factors affecting erosion -- Width of strips -- Deviation from the contour -- Correction strip -- Grassed waterways -- Buffer or spreader strips -- Method of laying out strips -- Laying out strips on terraced land -- Laying out strips on land to be terraced -- Field strip cropping -- Wind strip cropping -- Crops permitting erosion -- Cover crops -- Combining protective and soil-building crops -- Rotations -- Perennial strips in the Southeast. |
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ii, 40 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
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| Keyword(s): | strip cropping | soil conservation | farming | erosion control | soil conservation | |
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| Added Title: | Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no. 1776. | |
| Series Title: | Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) | |
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