Soil erosion in Iowa
By: by R.H. Walker and P.E. Brown
Series: Special report / Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Agricultural Experiment Station -- no. 2; Special report (Iowa State College. Agricultural Experiment Station) -- no. 2
Publisher: Soil Subsection, Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, cooperating
Published: 1936
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Soil erosion; Soil conservation
Notes: 1 folded map in pocket.

Bibliography: p. 46.
Table of contents: title: The purpose of the reconnaissance soil erosion survey in Iowa; title: Method used in making the erosion survey; title: Results of the reconnaissance soil erosion survey : Factors influencing soil erosion in Iowa: Influence of rainfall on erosion, Influence of topography on erosion, Influence of soil erodibility on erosion, Influence of soil management and vegetative cover on erosion ; Extent and seriousness of soil erosion in Iowa ; Erosion in the various soil areas, The Missouri loess soil area, The southern Iowa loess soil area, The Mississippi loess soil area, The Iowa drift soil area, The Wisconsin drift soil area; title: The control of soil erosion in Iowa : Cultivation ; Crop rotation ; Liming acid soils, Plowing under crop residues and manures ; Application of phosphate and other fertilizers.