Early Erosion Control Practices In Virginia

Excerpt from Early Erosion-Control Practices in Virginia Is there not something humiliating in having our eyes, whenever we ride or walk into our fields, greeted with the yawning gall, or the more hideous gully? Or meeting by the wayside, the kine of Pharaoh, who, having devoured all the miserable trash and weeds, which mar the beauty of our fields, are themselves, just about to be devoured by the buzzards? How do these scenes contrast with the verdant grass springing up in all its vigor and luxuriance, and cloth ing our fields in its beautiful habiliments; with the cattle of a thousand hills grazing bountifully through the day, and returning home at eve laden with deposits, richer than those of the mammoth bank, and laying their grateful tribute at the master's feet, and causing his table to groan under the teeming abundance of mi k, butter, cheese, and beef? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This bibliography is a list of references to published material on soil erosion and soil and water conservation. Some of these references may not appear to deal directly with erosion or conservation, but they have a pertinent relationship to some phase of the subject.

The outlook is for further improvement in the economic position of American agriculture in 1937.

The pruning of young trees in sparsely and unevenly stocked stands will greatly improve the resulting lumber grades. In northern white and red pines, even in fully stocked stands, artificial pruning is essential for the production of any of the best grades of lumber in a reasonable time.