hard · LSAT Logical Reasoning
The cover-crop method requires more labor at planting time than simply leaving fields bare over winter. But bare fields lose topsoil to erosion and demand heavy fertilizer the following spring, whereas cover crops anchor the soil and enrich it with nitrogen. Once the cost of lost topsoil and the added fertilizer is counted, cover cropping is the more economical choice for the winter fallow period.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
- Bare winter fields lose topsoil to erosion and require heavy fertilizer the following spring.
- Cover cropping requires less total labor than leaving fields bare over winter.
- Cover cropping is the more economical choice for the winter fallow period.
- The cover-crop method requires more labor at planting time than leaving fields bare.
- Leaving fields bare is cheaper overall because it requires less labor at planting time.
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