XIII. Translate the sentences with the word “some”, “the same”

1. The soil erosion problem is not the same in all parts of the country.

2. Some erosion is natural.

3. Aggregation remained the same during a four year rotation of corn, wheat, clover and hay.

4. The organic matter produced in the soil by a vegetal cover serves the same purpose.

5. A new cropping system makes it possible to grow corn every year on the same field and improves the yield at the same time.

6. Some steep slopes are peculiarly adapted for orchards and vineyards.

7. In some cases deposition of sediment may actually be beneficial to bottomland.

8. The scientists found that the rate of intake of water on the same soil was determined by the amount of plant cover on the ground.

9. Deep-rooting crops use some water from depth of 4 to 6 feet or even more under favorable circumstances.

10. On some farms the nitrogen applied in manure represents the return of a portion of the nitrogen removed from the soil in crops.

11. Under the same climatic conditions fine textured soils contain more magnesium than do sandy ones.

12. Because of growth characteristics some plants are not well adapted to growth in small containers.

13. Some annual legumes such as cowpeas and soybeans have small root system.

14. Some soils can absorb less water than 2 inches per hour.

15. The soil air contains 10-20 times more carbon dioxide than the same volume of atmosphere.

16. All nitrogenous fertilizers cannot be used in the same manner.

17. Legumes respond to fertilizer treatment the same as any other crops.

XIV. Translate the sentences with the word “as”

1. The kind of clay minerals in a soil as well as their quantity influences the productivity of the soil.

2. There is much disagreement as to why humus has cation-exchange capacity.

3. The soil organic matter serves as food for some bacteria.

4. As plants mature they accumulate carbohydrates at a greater rate than protein.

5. Ears of sweet corn contain almost twice more nitrogen as potassium.

6. As it is well known, the vegetative portion of any crop contains more potassium than does the seed.

7. Not only does calcium affect soil properties which have an influence on plant growth, but it serves as a nutrient itself as well.

8. Magnesium does not exert so marked an influence as calcium on the physical and chemical conditions of soils.

9. It is evident that the amount of magnesium increases as leaching decreases.

10. As early as 1844, the French scientist Cris called attention to chlorosis due to the iron deficiency.

11. We recognize the time as an important factor of soil formation.

12. Plants rich in carbohydrates such as potatoes and beetroot, spread their leaves near the soil so as to increase the intake of carbon dioxide.

13. As plants mature, lignin is laid down in the cell walls.

14. Soil binding materials serve as food for so type of soil microorganisms.

15. Quantity of organic matter does not seem so important as quality in producing stability.

16. As soon as land is taken out of sod and cultivated, the soil starts to deteriorate physically.

17. As plant cover decreases or deteriorates, erosion and runoff losses become progressively higher.

18. Erosion losses were as much as 149 times greater from unmulched plots than from plots protected by straw mulch.

19. The condition of the soil surface as to roughness, coarseness and cover- all of which help the soil to resist blowing- is determined to large extent by the method of tillage.

20. As the salinity of the increases, plant growth is progressively restricted.

21. Some crops such as rice are more tolerant to salt than others.