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protection, or land-use adjustment; constructing terrace systems, to control erosion and conserve water; establishing a stand of trees or shrubs on farmland topre-j vent wind or water erosion;' reorganizing irrigation sys-| terns to control erosion and conserve water; subsoiling to improve water penetration and retard runoff; constructing fireguards as a protection against one of drought's worst hazards. A very important benefit from these practices is that they cause much more rain and snow water to soak into the soil, raise and stabilize water tables, and provide a more even flow of water into our larger streams $nd reservoirs. Thus, less water rushes downhill and downstream as floods, and more is slowed down or held back in Nature’s reservoir, the earth itself. Then the water is
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