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South Must Change Ways of Land Use From Old One Crop System
A call for soil conservation in the South warns that centuries of one crop farming have eroded and depleted vast tracts. It cites 97 million acres of erosion prone land, sea of gullies, and floods as costs of farming, urging adoption of contour tillage, cover crops, reforestation and soil management through federal and state programs to restore fertility and prevent further loss.
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South
Cara
Abby Second Crowth
Piedmont
Sedge
Bramble
Sassaras
America
Acre
Lespedera
Georgia
H. H. Bennett
Great Appalachian Valley
Alabama
Virginia
Kentucky
Highland Rim
Appalachian Plateau
Mississippi River
Thomas Jefferson
George W
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Biological Survey
Geological Survey
Reclamation Service
Soil Conservation Service
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Resources Committee
New Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Security Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Department of Interior
Department of Conservation
Agricultural Colleges
Soil Erosion Service
Department of Agriculture
Virginia Soil Conservation Service