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Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 37:927-930 (1973)
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Effect of Long-Term Management on Physical and Chemical Properties of the Coshocton Watershed Soils1

W. M. Edwards, J. L. McGuinness, D. M. Van Doren, Jr., G. F. Hall and G. E. Kelley2

ABSTRACT

After 30 years of differential treatment, 0.7- to 3.2-ha watersheds in improved management (contouring, recommended fertilization and pH level, alfalfa in rotation) had higher crop yields and less runoff and erosion than watersheds under prevailing management. Soil samples were taken from the topsoils, plowsoles, and B horizons of the watersheds to determine the effect of such management on soil physical and chemical characteristics.

Large changes in chemical characteristics resulted from the higher fertilization associated with improved management but the changes generally did not persist below the topsoil layer. Measurable differences in physical characteristics of the watershed soils were slight and were confined to the topsoil layer. Differences in crop yield and hydrologic performance are attributed to fertilization, crop growth, and tillage differences associated with the two levels of management.

NOTES

1 Contribution from the North Appalachian Experimental Watershed, North Central Region, ARS, USDA, Coshocton, Ohio, in cooperation with the Ohio Agr. Res. and Dev. Center, Wooster, Ohio; Agronomy Dep., The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; and SCS USDA, Columbus, Ohio.

2 Soil Scientist, ARS and Assistant Professor, OARDC; Statistician, ARS; Professor, OARDC; Associate Professor, OSU; and Assistant State Soil Scientist, SCS, respectively.

Received for publication April 30, 1973. Accepted for publication July 2, 1973.






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