Farmers' Bulletin, Issue 1234 |
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10-foot drop 5-foot 4½ by 4½ 5-foot drop 10-foot Acres Acres Acres banks Bermuda grass black locust bottom branches brush dams carry the water cause channel check erosion concrete drop inlet dam is built dam to prevent drop 10-foot drop EARTH DAM earth soil-saving dam embankment extend farm Farmers feet deep feet high feet long feet wide fence posts fill the gully flow flume grass gully is filled heavy rain held in place Inches Inches Inches Iowa State College laid large gully layer length of notch Lespedeza logs LOOSE-ROCK DAM low dams lower end Masonry dams method middle pasture plowing pole dams prevent erosion prevent washing reclaiming gullies rows of stakes shown in Figure side slopes silt small drainage areas small gullies spillway square culverts stone sweetclover tamped trees trench upper side upstream vertical inlet pipe vitrified waterfall erosion Wild honeysuckle willow Winterset wire