Erosion and Related Land Use Conditions on the Elm Creek Watershed, Texas

Erosion and Related Land Use Conditions on the Elm Creek Watershed, Texas

Author: Harvey Oakes

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Published: 1939

Total Pages: 34

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Soil erosion has caused serious damage in the blackland prairies of Texas since about 1850 when the first furrow slice was turned. Definite recognition of soil erosion as a subject requiring study and action was given by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1926, when plots were established at Spur, Tex., for the systematic measurement of run-off and erosion.