Predicting Soil Erosion by Water


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Introduction and history; Rainfall-runoff erosivity factor (R); Soil erodibility factor (K); Slope length and steepness factors (LS); Cover-management factor (C); Support practice factor (P); RUSLE user guide; Coversion to SI metric system; Calculation of EI from recording-raingage records; Estimating random roughness in the field; Parameter values for major agricultural crops and tillage operations.




Agriculture Handbook


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Set includes revised editions of some issues.




SCS-TP.


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Conservation Practices for Tobacco Lands of the Flue-cured and Maryland Belts


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This publication treats briefly of the nature and extent of erosion on these tobacco lands and gives some practical mechanical methods of soil protection, which safeguard the specific qualities of leaf demanded by the tobacco trade.







Lonchocarpus, Derris, and Pyrethrum Cultivation and Sources of Supply


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Interest in these plants, in addition to their effectiveness against numerous pests, is also because commercial pyrethrum and rotenone insecticides derived from these plants are also comparatively nontoxic to man and other warm-blooded animals. They may be used with safety in the household, for livestock dips and sprays, and on garden vegetables, fruits and canning crops.




Technical Bulletin


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