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Save the Soil Ways to conserve the soil include the following:

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1 Save the Soil Ways to conserve the soil include the following:
Contour Plowing Conservation Plowing Crop Rotation

2 Changes in Crops A farmer will plant a different crop each year which is called crop rotation to maintain soil fertility by restoring nutrients. There are two types of plowing to keep the soil stable and fertile. Contour Plowing Conservation Plowing

3 Contour Plowing Farmers utilize contour plowing to plow their fields along the curves of a slope to slow the flow of water

4 Conservation Plowing Farmers plow dead weeds from the previous year’s crops into the ground to return nutrients, retain moisture, and hold soil in place. This is called conservation plowing.


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