Terraces for soil erosion Usda Engineering Field Guide
I found this, might be useful. A lot of farmland in the southeast is terraced because of soil erosion issues. Terraces are even used beside highways, see them often.
In this area when a farmer clears a new field he hires a surveyor. They survey the field and stake out terrace lines. The farmer can build them himself or hire it done. Some fields here on the farm were terraced in the 1940’s. The terraces still function perfectly well but we’ve maintain them.
Anyway, this is the usda engineering field guide, chapter 8. It's for laying out and building terraces. It covers a wide range of soil types and climate conditions. The math is advanced and it has a lot of odd terms and abbreviations typical of government work. Not as bad as reading military message traffic tho'
Might come in handy!
I found this, might be useful. A lot of farmland in the southeast is terraced because of soil erosion issues. Terraces are even used beside highways, see them often.
In this area when a farmer clears a new field he hires a surveyor. They survey the field and stake out terrace lines. The farmer can build them himself or hire it done. Some fields here on the farm were terraced in the 1940’s. The terraces still function perfectly well but we’ve maintain them.
Anyway, this is the usda engineering field guide, chapter 8. It's for laying out and building terraces. It covers a wide range of soil types and climate conditions. The math is advanced and it has a lot of odd terms and abbreviations typical of government work. Not as bad as reading military message traffic tho'
Might come in handy!
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