Show soil conservation notes by W carl bart iery every patriotic american loved his count rys rocks and rills its woods and hills lie also cherishes the freedom under unac which mitch he lie enjoys them but every eely freedom carries canles its responsibility tills this quiz published in the sep 1947 issue of natural story wll w 11 test your 3 our knowledge of tile democratic through which you as a 1 citizen should in the protection of the resources with natura as endowed our oui land in this way natural history magazine accents the theme of conservation at the time when the american heritage foundations freedora freedom train starts its journey jou iney beginning september 17 tile Fre freedom edoin train will travel miles in tile alio united states carrying cai lying the most significant documents of american history and emphasizing plia sizing the rights and pih alleges guaranteed to every amerlean citizen by our system of government Q it formerly cultivated land ila now w destroyed by misuse could cent be restored how much could every family in the united states slates receive e 1 A about three acres each or atonal a total area equal to california Q what division of the federal government Is concerned chiefly with preservation of tile the nations agricultural soil A the U S soil conservation service under the department or of agriculture Q abuse of the land in our plains area so seriously deprived of its soll soil holding plants that one store stole on may 12 1934 car ried away aftab large quantities of 0 fertile topsoil if the U S soil conservation service were to replace tills this one days loss at one dollar a ton how soon could it 11 do so on its current operating budget A in six years an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure Q much of tile the soil carried away by the mississippi river each year could be saved saed by proper soil control measures how many tons of soil a are r e carr carried I 1 ed aw away y an dually by this river A about million tons an amount that would require I 1 every man woman and child in the united states to carry 11 II pounds back to its place ot of origin each year Q one of the principal sources of water pollution is from soil washed out ot of fields and pastures as a result of poor conser atlon practices how many people in the united states have hae to use filtered water partly as a result of this A thirty million people and more than halt half of our industries the silt removed would be a valuable asset on the fields where it belongs in public water supplies it Is a costly penalty tor for land misuse Q how many organizations in tile the united states are concerned with nith the protection of wildlife A federal state and private conservation organizations are listed in circular 9 of th U S fish and wildlife service 13 loc at U S government printing office washington D C if you ou do riot not know the name of tho the local group that represents tho the conservation policies you believe in find it out |