Introduction and history; Rainfall-runoff erosivity factor (R); Soil erodibility factor (K); Slope length and steepness factors (LS); Cover-management factor (C); Support practice factor (P); RUSLE user guide; Coversion to SI metric system; Calculation of EI from recording-raingage records; Estimating random roughness in the field; Parameter values for major agricultural crops and tillage operations.

Set includes revised editions of some issues.

This publication treats briefly of the nature and extent of erosion on these tobacco lands and gives some practical mechanical methods of soil protection, which safeguard the specific qualities of leaf demanded by the tobacco trade.