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"Incorporation of organoc matter adds plant food and erosion resisting characteristics of the sol"-Many farmers of the wheat growing areas of the U.S.Pacific North West have put this into practice and reduced their top soil losses to a minimum.Dr.S.C.VandeCaveye of the Soils Department of the State College of Washington has found that by utilising the stubbles and other crop resuidues and adding Nitrogen the organic matter levelcan be raised to something over 3.5percent soil which has only 3-per cent organic matter can be rebuilt.During the process of rebuilding a great of raw humus of is left on top of the ground or at plough depth depending on rainfall or other local conditions.As it rots is an important factor in solving down run off and improving filth of the soil.The farmers at Paulose adopt a croping system where- in they all their crop residues and add Nitrogen either in the form of legumes grown in rotation or by applying the fields with straw spreaders and thus making it easier to disc in,plough under.put into the top soil or leave on top as trash.To add Nitrogen Alfalfa or sweet clover is grown.Mixing a grass with legume is still bettet.(Planters Journal and Agriculture,Vol.XLI-No.3,March'49.)

DOI

https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.194944

Pages

235 - 235

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