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Effect of Wind‐Row Orientation on Erodibility of Land in Sorghum Stubble 1
Author(s) -
Zingg A. W.,
Woodruff N. P.,
Englehorn C. L.
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1952.00021962004400050001x
Subject(s) - citation , supervisor , service (business) , agriculture , tractor , mathematics , soil conservation , agricultural experiment station , sorghum , library science , geography , political science , engineering , computer science , forestry , business , archaeology , law , mechanical engineering , marketing
LIE planting of sorghum in rows running a t right angles T L o thc direction of the prevailing winds has long been a recommended practice for reducing the wind erosion hazard. Critical studies of the practice, however, have not been made. This study is in the nature of a pilot experiment dealing with only a ortion of the variables involved. Specifically, B it is c o n e to one held of Ellis sorghiun which was cut at a uniform 9-inch height with a ficld cutter. T h e field was located on the Munjor soil at the Fort Hays Branch Experiment Station near Hays, Kans. W i n d tunnel studies o l the field were made on November 15-16, 1950. A view of the field with the tunnel oriented parallel to the rows is shown in figure 1.