Author : United States Department Of Agriculture
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780656327591
Book Description
Excerpt from Soil Conservation Digest, Vol. 3: Region Ten, California-Nevada Newsletter; April 1937 Level basin terraces comprise a series of large bathtub-like catchment basins, each of which is ap proximately 15 feet long, 7 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Their primary function is to collect and hold the rain fall allowing it to penetrate into the soil and under lying substratum, thus preventing erosion and water loss. This type of control is generally applicable to highly credible slopes, which have been or are to be removed from.cultivation. Specifically however, the selection of suitable locations for basin terraces involves consideration of complexly related economic and physical circumstances. Where the latter condi tions, involving soils, geology, and location with respect to more valuable agricultural land, are um usually favorable, economic justification is often an automatic consequence. 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.