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FARMERS BATTLE LOSSES FROM EROSION
BY BUILDING TERRACES ACROSS FIELDS
Amount of Plant F ocd and
Soil Carried Away Is
Astounding
By NEA Service
Ames, la.—Three trillion pounds
of soil, carrying at least 126.000.
OOC 000 pounds of plant food, worth
more than $2,000,000,000— that is
the amount robbed from fields and
pastures of the United States each
year by soil erosion, according to a
report of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
This loss is 21 times the annual
lost in fertilizing elements removed
by growth of plants and crops.
I;. many states enormous acre
age > have been abandoned because
oi jC^s o' top soil and fertility and
bect.use of formation of ditches due
to roil washing. Iir Iowa alone ap
proximately 200,000 out of its 21
mih.on acres of tillable land are
Idle because of depleted soil fer
tility and erosion.
As a result of this condition many
farmers are becoming interested in
terracing as a means of checking
soil washing. Many of them, es
pecially in southern Iowa where
erosion is most serious, are building
the-.r own terraces. Several have
bought terracing machines.
Eager to Save Land
More than 100 terracing demon
strations have been held on Iowa
farms at the request of owners by
extension agricultural engineers
from Iowa State college. These
fields average 15 or 20 acres each.
One of the largest is a tield of
125 acres on the farm of Perry
Matthews near Mt. Pleasant.
Mathews was so anxious to have his
entire field terraced after seeing
the results on neighboring farms
1li t he bought a terracing machine
and rented another to work at the
same time the extension engineer
had the demonstration terracer at
the farm.
Terraces are built either with reg
ular terracing machines or with
road graders. They consist of a
broad flat ridge from 8 to 15 feet
wide running around a hill, or
across a slope in such a way that
they carry off water slowly and
hr: mlessly during rains. The shal
low water channel formed on the
slope iust above the ridge, which is
12 inches high after it settles, has
a drop of four to six inches each
IDO linear feet.
Terraces Easy to Build
Arthur B. Hollingsworth, near
Mt. Pleasant, was one of the first
formers in his community to build
ter. aces. He constructed them at
a low cost by building a home
made "A" shaped machine from old
oak planks and the Diade of an old
grader which provided the cutting
edge. •
Poon after the terrajees were built
an eight-inch rain fell. The water
was carried off slowly and harm
lessly and no sediment or top soil
was noticed at the outlets at the
edge of the field.
Terraces can be farmed over
without serious trouble or incon
venience, according to Hollings
worth. It is much better to have
a gently sloping terrace, he says,
that to have ditches cut through
the field and manure and fertilizer
dumped into the fence rows r.rd
nearby ditches. Terraces also help
he'd soil moisture as well us top
tc.. and fertility. *
To aid in solving soil problems
county soil improvement associa
tions have been organized. One is
in Monroe, Mahaska, Wapello and
firpanoose counties and another In
Wayne, Decatur, Marion and Lucas
counties.
Each of these associations has a
New Transmission May
Mean Change in Autos
Mexico, Mo.—(UP)—A new era
has dawned in the automobile in
diistrx, a Mexico garageman was
convinced following trials of an au
tomobile transmission he has pat
ented.
Bruce Ridgeway, the inventor,
jecently made a trial trip in his
touring car, in which the device
has been installed, and has or
ganized a company for its manu
facture and sale. The transmis
sion, according to Ridgeway, auto
Cutting terraces on the farm of David Savage, in
Iowa, above. Below, an Iowa farm terraced to prevent
heavy rainfalls.
Henry county,
soil erosion by
field agent trained in soil manage
ment who works with members
much as a county agent works with
members of his farm bureau.
Not only terracing but use of
manure, fertilizers, lime and
legumes, tree planting, crop rota
tions and other soil management
practices are emphasized and dem
onstrated on fields of the members.
Farm Champ in Training
Like champion pugilists. Lucile Gatos, declared the champion fa!
girl of America at the Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona, in 1930, h
gone into training to defend her title in a championship ‘ bout’’ to
staged during the 1931 fair in September. She can milk, churn, drive
tractor and perform many other farm tasks.
a
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129 DEAD IN STKEETS
Londaon — (UP) — A total ol 129
persons, 85 ol whom were men, 30
matically gears the car to higher
or lower speed in accordance with
road pull. 1
Ridgeway’s trial run, made
through the streets of Mexico, was
faintly reminiscent of the early
days of automobiles, crowds of
curious following him.
Radio Chair Warmers
Is Club of Invalids
Lima. Ohio — (UP) — James
Lisk, 35 years old, an invalid and
an amateur wireless operator, is
president of a most unique organi
zation. Its title is ‘The Chair
women and 14 children, were tound
dead in the city strelts here during
January and February.
Warmers’ club,” a world v. ide as
sociation of shortwave operators all
of whom are invalids.
Every day the 50 or more mem
bers exchange greetin';.* over the
air. As president, Lisk is a claim
ant of the wold's reco d ior ama
teur ions-distance wirelt ; com
munication with every part cf the
world except Asia. He established
connections with tire Byrd Antanr
tic expedition several times.
A Fitting Remark.
From Passing Show.
“This suit was made in London.
“Where were you at the time?^
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Find Builders’ Secrets
in Cupola of Pantheon
Architects who have been repair
ing the cupola of the Pantheon,
wliich with the Colosseum is tin
niest important of Home's monu
ments, claim they have discovered
the secret of the building methods
of the ancient Itomans in flinging
the vast arches of the dome tip from
the already high building on which
it rests. The discoveries are of ex
treme importance from a technical
point of view, it is said, for Michel
angelo hi nisei f, who built the dome
of Saint Peter’s, admitted that lie
was baffled by the dome of tlie
Pantiieon, and previous to Michel
angelo, Brnnsellesclu, builder of the
dome of the Florence cathedral,
made careful measurements and
studies of the Pantheon dome in
preparation for ids Florence labors,
but was never aide to solve tlie mys
tery of how the old Homan archi
tects worked.
Advice
“Keeping money in a teapot, liey?''
"Yell.”
“Boy, put your money to work."
"I dunno how."
“Get It n job in a bank."
There are hypocrP s who do a lot
of kindly acts In this world. Give
them that much credit.
South American Bird
Thing of Rare Beauty
The obtaining of six specimens of
“the most bountiful bird in the world"
—tin1 ( ook-of-tho-Rock in « remote
region along the nrazil-Venezuolnn
border, has been reported to the Na
tional Nongraphic society by Krnest
ti. 11o11, leiuler of an expedition
which hits boon collecting natural
history material for the society In
South America.
The remarkable bird, which 1ms
been seen alive by but few travelers,
is described by Sir. Holt as "a most
gorgeous creature, orange or flume
colored, with a double crest, and to
my mind tile most beautiful bird in
the world.” The henuty is concen
trated in tin* male, for in few bird
species is there a mere striking eon
trust between the resplendent cock
and the very drub and demure fe
male. In size rite Cock of-the-llock
Is between si robin and crow.
Around their camp tit Salto do
If tut. on the Hrnxil-Venezuela bonier,
.Mr. Holt's party found monhex s so
nufnerous that the meat of the ani
mstls was made si regular item on
their menu. They silso shot ctirsis
sows or lnisli turkeys.
The <‘ork of t he-llock was found
after the camp was moved eastward
from the Uio Msitnraca to the foot
hills of tin* Sen'll liner!, a U»nu. tor
tuous and little known range of
mountains that extends tinder vari
ous names to the frontier of lirltlsh
Uuinnn. where It culminates in .Mopnt
Horninuts common point in the boun
daries of Venezuela, llriiish (iulana
and l’razil.
Heard at a Party
“Separated, have I.eyV And it
was a ease of love nf lirst sight."
"Which I have nctie ld, my dear,
often ends in divorce a* firs slight."
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In the File*
The boss eyed the stenographer
with u colil eye.
“Voting lady,” ssUd he, “that tiling
cabinet Is supposed to he very exact.
How is It you can’t And what you
are looking for?”
“I'm looking for my lunch.”
Now It Can Be Told
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