CONSERVATION PRACTICES FOR TOBACCO LANDS 



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Figure 5.— A tobacco field near Raleigh, N. C, with rows run up-and-down-hill 

 across the terraces. The heavy loss of valuable topsoil was caused by one rain. 





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Figure 6. — Flat tobacco rows run straight up-and-down-hill are causing severe 

 erosion and excessive runoff. The tobacco on the hillsides is suffering from a 

 droughty condition while the tobacco in the bottom has been covered with silt 

 or drowned. 



