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Effects of Crops and Soil Treatment on Yields and Erosion
Author(s) -
Van Doren C. A.,
Bauer F. C.
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1947.036159950011000c0100x
Subject(s) - soil conservation , agricultural experiment station , agriculture , erosion control , cover crop , tillage , agroforestry , erosion , environmental science , geography , forestry , agronomy , archaeology , geology , biology , paleontology
EROSION is a serious problem on the light-colored loessial upland soils in southern Illinois. -Two experimental projects conducted within the .state are of interest in connection with this^ problem. These are (a) cooperative studies begun in 1938 at the Dixon Springs Experiment Station by the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, and the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, and (b) the Elizabethtown Soil Experiment Field established by the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station in 1918. By combining results from both these projects, the rates of erosion during production of various crops, as well as the long-time effects of good management and rotation on productivity and erosion, can be presented. These results are applicable to a large problem area covering several million acres in Illinois and adjoining states.