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146 lines
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elemenls, ln laes, solne parenls have apparenlly been
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granled fol minlng gold deposns uslng banana or
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elrrus planrs deprlved nf some eemmon elemenls
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lpolasll, phosphale); rhelr leaves lhen cementum
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sparse depos’ls a! gold
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Oyslels will eoneenlrale rme llo me dry welghl, an
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emelle dosel, abalone eoneerllrale eadmlum, and
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several large hsh eoneenlrale lrleleury and blologreal
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polsons reom eorals (In lnedible levelsl There are
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obvlous llnpllaahons for llle removal. eolleeliorl, or use
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0! such sperles—elelrlenl relaliorlshlps, and lead.
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eadollulrl, r mereury levels ln llsh or planls need
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earelul lruo ring ler pablre heallh reasons
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9. ovsxcnzmc mu SOIL cquAcnoN,
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Both rhe levels a! grasshopper erld paslllre grub
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aellyily lhlgh rln overgraeed landscapes) and llle
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plesenee M pushes ol polsonous, lnedlble, horny, and
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unpalalable planls leg, Sodom apple, ox. s,
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eapeweed) lndlrale an over—soleking problem or range
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mlsmanagerrlenl The enesl ls a symhesxs belween
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ehanglng soil eondlllons. planl slress, and lhe heavy
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selenlon by llvesloek ol palalable spears, soiavoul-lng
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rhe survival and spread 01 spiny or lnedlble speeles.
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Ton ollen, lhe paslorallsl blames lhe weeds and seeks a
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ehelrlleal ralher man a managemenl solllllorl. loo
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seldom do we hnd an approaell somblnlng rlle sensible
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ullllsallon ol grasshoppers and gruhs as a valuable
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dried—proleln supplemenl (or llsh or lood pellels. and
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a comblnallon ol soll eondlllonlng, slashlng, and
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deenoelsmg or Mills lb lsslo-e speeles balanee,
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in MACROFAUNAL mans The slle ol a saris
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blrd rookery, a rabbll warren, lhe ground nesl m’ a
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em or elder eluleh, lhe pelleleplle el an owl, or lhe
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deeay ol a large eareass will eause a sudden and ollen
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lmgrltrm change in lhe lmmedlale yegelallon, as will
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lerolile mounds and haryesbereanl eolonles. Orlee suell
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slles are molded, and lhe plant assembly ldenlllled,
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slmllar slles ean be loraled and reeogmsed Th: dala
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ean be used as an ibd lo eonservahon, an lndleallorl ol
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soil dralrlage lrabblls ehoose good dralnagel, as a
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resull o1 speel le nulrlenl supply lgllarlb on seabird
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rookerlesl, or as a way (a eslabllsh lree slumps
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lollowmg nahlral indlealols
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A large ploporllon M Wllvd<bluwm nllrogerleloylng
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and lrledlble planls, or planls earned by buds as seed,
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depend on the speedle hablls all birds or mammals, orl
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lllelr dung or on soll dismrbanees m role olanllllals
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ln llle dislribullon ol planl seed, and plarll rum
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assoelabes, ls welldecogmsed, lhelr role in sell ehange,
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less (nmmunly nuled
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8.16
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SEED PELLETINC
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lrl gloneel-lng (M lelub lallon or slablllsabun u! sells,
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many or lhe local dehelerleies in solls an be ovtmm:
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by seed pellelmg whieh is a pnxess ol embedding
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seed ln a rapsule ol subslanees “IA! glve ll a good
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ehanee or esrabllshmenl desplle soil delieleneles ln
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loeal siles, or mlrloslles.
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- SEED PRETKEATMENT I! seeds have lhrek mass,
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or need heal or mld lrealmenl or srarlhraben la bleak
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dormaney. they muss be lloaled belrne penning
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- lNUCULATlDN. nllehase and moelllale legume
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seed wilh lllelr iprpmpriike mleloblal or hlngrl spores
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Soak lhe seed in lnosolanl solllhorl, then dry lhe seed.
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Mlx drred seed wish a primary boalas below
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. PELLETXNG Use a e, day layer, and a lraee al
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hne rork floul. raleiulll, or phosphale mixed inlo a
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damp bul plasbe slurry around lhe seed 1hls ls lhen
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exlrllded (eg, vla a meal lnlnrer wllh lhe rulllng
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blades removedl to a shaker rable or nay reveled wllh
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dusl. and on a sllgllr irlellrle Dllsl ls added as mded
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lo dry and shape the pellel, ur N) m a desirable slze bl
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peller lrlgllle um
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The dusl, er olller pellel soab should Inmrponhe a
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sell rorldlllorllng gel or polymer, a rolloldelorollrlg
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subslarlee mne graphllel, a blrd repellenl lgreen dye
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helps lepel budsl, all inaed repellenl such as powdered
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neern nee Iul Mmfllrnchln lndlra or Melle audamrlll or
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dlalomaceous earlh, and perhaps some swelllrlg day
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such as benlorllle.
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l-ellos are now deed and seallered, drllled, or sown
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orl slles la awall raln. The proleered seed gerlnlnales
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when lhe pellel absorbs waler, and lhe emerglrlg lool
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Iinds lrs nurrlllonal needs sallslied, while the rool
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assooales also beeome aellve ln nulrierll lrallslerbo lhe
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plarll
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The same ulbrallrlg uble lhal we use |n pellel seed
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serves, when lloed wllh screens, lo elean and son seed
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lroln llle soll below lrees or rlolrl seed and husk
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moms, and lhe lmneerean be relumed lo {M kllehen
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norle lhe worse lor wear Fukuoka aehreves llle same
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resull by presslng seed—slay mixes el grams rhlough a
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coarse sleve, onlo a dusl-lllled pan which ls shaken lo
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round on llle pellels
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8.17
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SOIL EROSION
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As all else depends on a slable and ploduelive soil, soll
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ereallon ls one 04 lhe eenlral lherrles ol permaeullure.
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Soll eroslbn or degradallon ls, ln lael, lhe loss or
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producllon end henee or deperldenl planes and
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anlmals. Sells degrade in lhese ways
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. Via wind by dusl slorm arld llle blovwoul ol
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dunes and lore-shores
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- vla waler llow by sheer eroslorl la generallsed
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surlare llow on bare areas and eroplandsl. gully
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eloslon leaused by eoneenlraled llow oyer deep but
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unslable sedimenll, and lunnel erosion lsubesurlace
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ssourlng o! solls below).
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- vla soll rollapse or delloeelllalron lollowlng
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lneleased sail boneenoallons lrl daysfntmn soi ,
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Thus, lhe plucmem oi wlrldblealrs. m crops, and
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lasl-spleadlng grasses slablllses erosion caused by
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