Show 11 Vegetation Is To The Sil What Skin Is To The Body Vegetation earth Is liken liken- likened ed ed to tho the skin on our bodies by prevention erosion work work- workers workers ers Remove Remo a argo portion of or the skin and terrible sores tores result s denuding of millions million of acres crts crt's of the riche richest richet t land in the country has resulted in erosion uge sorts sores upon the earth Recovery from the disease of ot erosion roslon is not a simple plo matter nys ay H II H II Bennett Bennett- of or the Soil Boil Conservation Service Obviously we we cannot return to ment conditions The Nation has its roots In agriculture and If It the Nation Nation Na- Na Nation tion Is to continue a agricultural must continue We cannot rake rale moTh om orn and tobacco and cotton in the woods We cannot harvest barvest a wheat rop c from the unbroken praIrie But we wo must make some conces- conces 5 to nature whose who e laws lam law we can cannot not repeal even If it they are Irksome Irk- Irk some ome Protection and production are ar arnot not necessarily Incompatible With Will ft a system of correct land use we w can ean farm form much of our soil lion ad kel it too We cannot safely SAtel Jarm arm nil of or It to tilled clean ero producing ero- ero crops crop Somo Some of or the thep p steeper and more erosive land must be In trees or grass ns These Then crops an anchor hor the soil Boil Like the tho s in n our bodies bo ies they protect prot pro t the from the disease of erosion |