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<br />ou236S <br /> <br />TABLE 2.- Management and conservation practices recommended, according fo capability oj the <br />land-Continued <br /> <br />Land. <br />capabutty <br />class <br /> <br />Soilgtoup <br /> <br />IV(bluo)'_____ <br />Suitable for <br />limited <br />cultiva- <br />tion. <br /> <br />4. Medlum-dBpth, <br />moderately <br />lWflvy soils: <br />Daca, Mansker, <br />C:,uupo clay <br />loam, Fort <br />Collins). La <br />Brier, l:Ipur <br /> <br />55. Medlum.depth, <br />sandy soils: <br />Otero sandy <br />loam. <br />See footnotes lLt eud of table, <br /> <br />Slope and erosion <br /> <br />A slopes; slight <br />Of modMate <br />erosion, or <br />slight or mod- <br />(\rntcremovals <br />nudsevero ac- <br />cumulations. <br /> <br />A slopes; slight <br />or moderate <br />('Toolan <br /> <br />Practices recommended 10r- <br /> <br />Cropland or idle land <br />(based OIl dry-land pastu~~odf:~gw, or Special conditions <br />farming) <br /> <br />Smooth areas of deeper <br />soils on which water <br />can be diverted or <br />spread may be so- <br />keted for cultivation <br />If thcy are needed for <br />supplemental fields in <br />the ranch or farm <br />unit, Commercial <br />production of feed or <br />otlwr crops is not <br />recommended. Size <br />~~o~~olb~es~ctii~ll~~ <br />erosion can be con- <br />trolled by intensive <br />measures in conjunc- <br />tion with the protec- <br />tion afforded by sur- <br />rounding bodies' at <br />land that are sta- <br />bilized. <br />Terracing. <br />Oontour farming, <br />Strips of not more than <br />12 rows alternating <br />with strips of forage <br />sorghums of at least <br />20 rows in a a-year ro. <br />tation may help to <br />obtain adequate <br />yields. <br />Methods of harvesting <br />and grazing manage- <br />ment should ,be such <br />as to leave adequatA) <br />residues for protection <br />from wind erosion. <br />Iflar!l.'e traets are now in <br />cultivation, stabilb;a- <br />tiOD can -, be accom. <br />plished only by attack <br />on the entire area. <br />Revegetation of all <br />class IV lands that <br />are not solected for <br />production of supple- <br />mental feed shouM be <br />carried oui as de. <br />soribed' under class <br />VI. <br />____.do_________. ______._ <br /> <br />Same as class III, On arellS afieeted <br />In addition, eon- by severe aeel11n <br />tour furrows, u1ations:Leveling <br />ridgos, water- of hummocks <br />spreading and dunos, and fcneo <br />diversion sys- row drifts; eta <br />terns. Plow fur- bllir.ation with <br />rows, 6 to 10 sorghums; pro tee <br />inches deep on tlOn of plant resl <br />land with good dues to increase <br />grass cover, organic matter in <br />Furrows <leeper the soil. <br />than14inchcsare On Campo, For <br />not recommend- Collins, La Brier, <br />ed for range im- and Spur soils <br />provement but water-diversion <br />may be used and spreading sys <br />where needed for terns may be prac <br />control of erosion tlcahle on eithe <br />and floods. crop or ran!!;e <br />Structuros for im. lands. Irriga <br />provcment of tloD may be de <br />pastures should veloped alonl!: the <br />not be built until larger streams. If <br />surrounding subject to fre <br />areas are well sta. quent overflow <br />bllized. care must be (Jxer <br />cised In devising <br />and Installing <br />structureS. <br /> <br />_do________+_ <br /> <br />No terracing. Con- <br />tour farming <br />whe~ topography <br />pernuts. <br /> <br />Western and Southeastern Baca County Soil Conservation Districts. Colorado <br />4682060-----44-----'2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />