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practices, such as contour plowing and strip farming, cut down on inland erosion, thus reducing the amount of loose sand sent downriver to the icean. When engineers dam a river, the supply of sand grains is cut off until the lake ills up with sand and silt. Seaweed made of plastic is iow being planted offshore in i number of experimental programs. The artificial seaweed s intended to break the force rf the waves which, in winter, nay pound the shore with a orce of more than 2,000 >ounds per square foot. The polypropylene filaments inchored to the seafloor, may ilso provide shelter for fish md promote the growth of •eal seaweed. So far, the ex>eriments are inconclusive.
, Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. itkins of Sperryville are the larents of a son born February 13 in Culpeper Menorial Hospital.
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