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His neighbor throught his property looked "trashy." but Peter Myers convinced them his farming system would save time and money. Now, as Chief of the Soil Conservation Service. U.S.D. of Agriculture, he is trying to convince the country.
Soil erosion may be an expensive problem of the past in some places. "Conservation tillage costs $3 or so less per acre to farm than conventional tillage on many soils, and the reduction in soil erosion is phenomenal-—50 to 90
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