DEFORESTATION AND EROSION 



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HUGE GULLIES, "BAD LANDS OF GEORGIA." NEAR LUMPKIN, STEWART COUNTY, SOUTH GEORGIA. ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO 

 THE POSITION OF THESE GULLIES WAS OCCUPIED BY A FERTILE COTTON FIELD 



than it was originally before the lands were cleared for deep plowing and the protection of the forests. The 

 agricultural purposes. forest, including vegetation in general, is a great pro- 

 There appear to be only three practical methods open tector of soils from the erosive action of rain wash, 

 to man to retard the wash of the soil, namely, terracing. The vegetable matter accumulating upon the surface 



HUGE GULLEY IN MIDDLE GEORGIA SHOWING IN THE DISTANCE A CORN FIELD BEING ENGULFED. THIS LAND IS RAPIDLY 



ON THE WAY TO THE CONDITION OF THAT SHOWN ABOVE 



