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THE MAN-GUM TERRACE, 



Fig. 5. — The first step in making a terrace with a road scraper when only the upper side 

 is scraped. The lower side will be made the center of the backfurrowing area, 15 or 20 

 feet wide. 



Fig. 0. — View of tlie compk'lcd terrace system in a field near Ualcigh, N. C. The gently 

 sloping laud makes necessary only small terrace banks. The rows run across the field 

 in line of greatest level, regardless of the terrace. 

 [Cir. 94] 



