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appears we are losing our gnp
once again.
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in this great battle to save the soil.
Because if this generation of
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generation, doesn’t care enough to
make the necessary effort, then
there may not be any soil for the
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way, it is unique.
A factory can be built,
remodeled, torn down and re
assembled, burned down or blown
up. But the land it occupies is
always there. It’s just a piece of
space where that enterprise exits.
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But farming requires the use of
that land in a special way, How
that soil is handled determines its
very future and it is, after all,
essentially a non-renewable
resource.
It can’t be remodeled or rebuilt,
or even relocated. It can be
preserved and slowly improved,
and it can be lost. It never really
disappears, it just moves away
muddying our streams, choking
our rivers and dirtying our air.
Soil erosion is truly a national
concern that goes way beyond the
farm gate, beyond partisan
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nation’s soil is in the public interest
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some future generation may point
out that we waited too long to do
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The amount of soil loss and
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the intensity of rainfall, length of
time between application of the
spray material and rainfall, and
whether the chemicals are sprayed
on bare soil, plants, or mixed with
the soil. Other variables are the
contour of the land including
steepness and length of slope, soil
credibility and conservation tillage
measures used.
“Since we have no control over
when and how our rainfall comes,
it is important that conservation
measures be used tolhinimize the
effects of rainfall;” adds Pysher.
Some conservation practices
that can be used include contour
stripcropping, diversions,
waterways, terraces and mulch
tillage practices.
“Keeping soil and spray
materials in place is cheaper than
applying additional spray
material,” says Pysher.
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8 Woe to you who join house
to house, who connect
field with field,
Till no room remains, and
you are left to dwell alone
in the midst of the land!
9 In my hearing the LORD of
hosts has sworn:
Many houses shall be in
ruins, large ones and fine,
with no one to live in
them.
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