Despite the modest loss of soil by water erosion the averag enrichment ratio for nitrogen was 5.5. Thus the loss of nitrogen would be important on this sandy soil, especially as rozelle is commonly grown in this region with little or no fertilizer input. Soil, water and nutrient loss was also measured for a bare soil plot. Soil loss from this plot was about ten times higher than for the most erosive treatment. Most eroded sediment was transported from the bare plot in broad,
shallow rills in which the sediment concentration was close to the transport limit, which was less than the concentration produced by rainfall detachment and re-detachment because fo the low slope of the plots,and the high detachability of this soil. Of the four management tretatments investigated contour cultivation emerged as the most practicable. Subsoiling was ineffective in further reducing runoff and soil loss, and i f no cultivation was carried out, plant yield was reduced even though this treatment was most effective in reducing soil erosion.