Excerpt from Farms the Rains Can't TakeSoil-erosion surveys show that nearly one-half of the entire area of these four States is seriously eroded. More than 13 million acres of formerly productive farm land have lost most of their topsoil and have become severely gullied.The outlook for the future must be read in terms of the farmers' knowledge of how best to use the land. The goal is better crops and less loss of soil. Attempts to reach this goal must be based on knowledge of how to prevent harmful erosion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.