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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1955
Page
8
The article explains raindrops striking soil cause powerful impact, with erosion and runoff shaping floods and sediment loss. It advocates grass mats as natural protection, cushioning drops, guiding water into soil, and emphasizing stored soil moisture over rainfall gauge totals.
Reading fragment notes how raindrops strike soil and release nutrients as particles scatter and soluble matter churns, affecting farm land and plant health. The excerpt hints at soil erosion and nutrient cycling influenced by rainfall patterns on farm and ranch land.
The article explains how 19 inches of annual rainfall yields different grass growth based on runoff and evaporation. Good to excellent conditions produce about 11 inches of usable water annually, roughly 5,000 pounds of native grass per acre versus 2,700 pounds under poorer conditions.
The Soil Conservation Service in Robert Lee reports fifteen and a half inches of annual rainfall over 1949 to 1954, only 78 percent of normal. Only 1949 reached or exceeded average rainfall. last five years average 13.7 inches. The text notes range management benefits from protecting grasses during dry periods and quicker recovery after rainfall.
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