consfkx ati on of the FERTILIZER IN THE LAND ?he erosion of the entire hillside. If onlv a limited amount of time can 1.0 spent terracing, it will be much better *? * build the g? toj> (rrrarM I *ell than t?? half build four terrace?. Terraces should not be spared too far apart, and yet there is no rule for the exact distance they should be. Surest ions are pi veil in the "terrac ing tables." If the terraces are too j far apait there -a ill be washing be-, tween llieni. and there will also be; danger of them breaking from hav inc too nun h watershed. If the ter races are too close together it makes the terracing more expensive per acre than necessary. On a lai ge per cent of the hilly lands needing ter racing. the proper spacing will be from 3 t x*l- j tied, lo lam it ate settling it is best j not to cultivate a terrace the first j ? ? >n Its i i om terracing. Terracing Costs About $2 An Acre f expense of terracing is al ?"??t entirely an item of labor. It lias been estimated that S2 an acre is a fair cost for building terraces. In addition it probabh will cost a -mall amount each \ car to maintain he ridges in woikable condition. Hie fact that this is practically a labor cost makes terracing appeal *?? the man who is interested in re , dm ?ing soil washing. i Two horses and a plow, and four horses on a \ -drag can construct 1 ?? to A i miles of terracing in on** day. This will cover 1 acres. Care of Terraces lerraccs require considerable care ami attention, especially during the lirst year, before the loose soil has had time to become settled thor oughly. Ml apparently weak plac es should be visited after every hea\\ rain and am breaks should be repaired inunediatelv with a shovel. It is best not to cultivate the ter races the first vear. but to seed them to some kind of cover crop. In some cases it will be necessary to clean the channels above the ter races of sediment, plant growth, or other material that might start break overs. Some attention also must be ?liven to tin* outlets to pievent wash- , ing at this point. The practice of i lca\ ing the outlets in sod often is allowed and is to be recommended". Main use the excuse for not ter racing. that terracing makes the cul- 1 livation of the field so difficult. In some case:* it makes the cultivation a little more tedious, bill it is work that pavs well. Terracing should not cause much trouble with a sow ??d crop, if the terraces are built h?oad so that implements can work j over them. If the field has an excessive slope i? mav be advisable to terrace it and then sow it in some kind of grass and use it for grazing only. Some times it is best to so wtbe terrace ridges in some annual grass or sor ?*uim. and then plant an> oiiiei u? sired crop between Incut. The best wax to run cmp rows for year, hut In sow it to a rover crop. The l>esi results are obtained where The instructions given herein tor the selet ?lion and design of terrace systems are based upon the results of surveys, observation, and a study of terraced fields in the best-tar lac ed sections in this country. When completed the terrace looks like a graded road running across the slope of a hill. If the field to be terraced receives drainage from a field above, it should be terraced, or a hillside ditch const ^gjted to intercept this water. Fields Adapted To Terracing There is a tendency on the part of many farmers to terrace fields which are steep and neglect those which nave a slight slope but on which the sheet washing takes away vost amounts of fertility each season. Ine benefits of terraces on long gradual slopes should not be over looked. for owing to the large vol ume of water that collects during heavy rains before it reaches the ?ot of the slope, much washing is don<*- It is also true that terraces arp m?eh easier to maintain and b* built farther apart on gentle SloDf>? I* -? - " ...v? a(/aii W" g?I,l,C *topes. It is not very satisfactory' to terrace steep land and attempt to cultivate it, for the terraces must be Placed together, making them ex pensive to construct, hard to main and inconvenient for cultiva tion. Land with a slope of more than 15 ^ in 100 should be kept in Pas? or hay crops to get the best conserving I lie soil and moisture ami for protecting the terrace ridges, is 1 arallel with the terraces. To run ?ho rows parallel with the terraces, ;? sow* should he placed down the middle of the terrace ridge. On : each side of this row other rows are 1 planted at regular intervals until they reach points about midway to the next terraces. Then a row is planted on top of the next terrace and rows run parallel with it until they meet with the rows which par allel the other terrace. This will leave some places where short rows must he put in to cover all the ter ritory between the terraces. These point rows are what many farmers ; try to avoid. If attention is given to placing the point rows in pairs i as much as possible, some extra driving may he saved in cultivating. Sometimes the rows are staited on top a terrace and run one after an other to the next terrace, where a new guide row is laid off on this ter race. This method will make the point rows at the terrace, which is not desirable. It is better to have them midway between terraces. On way of running all the rows in the field parallel, is to use one of the central terraces as a guide row and then parallel all rows with it. Most of the terraces will be crossed by a few of the rows, but at a small angle. On farms that slope no more than 2 or 3 feet per 100 feet, the rows are fremientlv run perfectly straight, going over the terraces in any di rection they may happen to hit them. This would give disastrous results on steep slopes. The crop rows should pot run up and down a steep >r?.pe either with or without terrac ing. 1 here are several means . h. Pontiar, Mich., plum deli re r\ rharge*. Spring rot?ri mnd Love joy Hydraulic Shock Absorber m included in li*t price*, hum per a and rear fender gumrd * extra. Check Oakland delivered price* ? I hey include Unreal handling chmrgae. Cmmerml Motor* Time Payment Pimm available ml minimum rata. D. & D. MOTOR COMPANY MURPHY, N. C. THE NEW OAKLAND ALL AMERICAN SIX FRODUOT OF GENERAL MOTORS