CONSERVATION PRACTICES FOR TOBACCO LANDS 



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The row grades were varied from contour to 30 inches or 2y 2 percent 

 on relatively deep Appling and Durham sandy loam having 3- to 6- 

 percent slope. Yield and value of the tobacco crops are shown in 

 table 2. 



Figure 10. — A, Contour-ridged tobacco following a heavy rainstorm. The row 

 middle caught most of the heavy soil material. D. Up-and-down-hill flat 

 tobacco rows following the same rain. Each row middle was severely rilled, 

 exposing tobacco roots. This plot lost soil at the rate of approximately TO 

 tons per acre during this one rainstorm. 

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