Ten New Erosion Control Projects Proposed in Texas
H H Bennett announced a federal erosion control expansion adding ten Texas demonstration projects totaling about 300 000 acres across Caldwell Hays Dallas Titus Nacogdoches Erath Tom Green Coke Oldham Deaf Smith Hartley and Sherman counties. An allotment of 1 725 875 funds the works relief program with 90 percent of labor drawn from local relief rolls.
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Bennett
Agricultural runoff control measures proposed in old report
The document outlines terracing, inexpensive check-dams for runoff control, sloping and revetment of gully banks, construction diversion ditches and other mechanical devices to manage excessive rain runoff. It also lists vegetative measures such as strip cropping, contour cultivation, retirement of steep eroded slopes, reforestation, pasture management and crop rotation to support mechanical controls.
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