Show Prize Essay out KANI iii grade Land of the and home of the hand of nd How long will It be hub How long will It be be-lure S have to give up some of are so vitally important to us In our modern day long will it bo before tua whole United States will be like the great questions can be answer-id omy by Whether you live in the or the land and clothes you and gives you most everything you topsoil is It takes nature to 1000 years 10 make one inch of good topsoil tint it can be ruined In a few years by careless fanning and watershed Is truly our worst because when topsoil is none the productivity of the land is is not hen water and wind cross bare land they usually carry some soil with But eventually they will carry large amounts from areas that are not lied has damaged a-bout million acres of and lands in the U.S. and million acres of grazing and forest land has eroded to Hume We now have left about million acres that are fit for crops and all but 96 million of the million are subject to erosion If it Is not one-half million acres no to ruin each year through That is almost like throwing food we watch II go with amazing According to soil costs the United States o-vor three eight hundred ii 1 11 Ion dollars a and already has damaged half the land of the Unless erosion Is topped soon and the I S will be face to face with a serious land One third of the nation's tops' has been squandered in It Is entirely Gullies made the land Erosion grows crippling agriculture and weakening the whole economic and social Structure to the tune of The annual cost or erosion Is a needless price paid for wasted declining crop railroad and highway flood losses and abandoned farms nod reduced capacity of water power and other This payment conies Iron everyone's This country hasn't always been this When our ancestors first came to this country they found rich fertile clear streams and much But they abused the land without any thought of the What can we do abut this In a problem this large l here Is surely a Job for all of We have a large Job One example of good conservation Is one that happened the other day In a small town In All the students of a high school planted a tree on the hillside to care for and watch If all the schools in the nation do a large percent of the soli erosion would be On the other a poor example of soli erosion Is one In China and Asia where the people have abused their land so that all the waste matter has to be put on the fields and even then crop productivity Is extremely There are four steps that can be taken to conserve our They The farmer will need to study his land and put it to a use for Which It Is best Drainage and Irrigation will have to be Maintenance and improvement of soil results In large productivity I Economically sound land In order to carry out our soil conservation program the following must be stopped Clean over cutting of timber and Tillage down slopes that form tiny gutters which give water greater peed and more power to S. Fields that are left bare with no protection against tho dashing rains of winter and early Although a good start has been made In solving the problems of soil the work done thus far represents only a To complete the the soil conservation agencies will need the of everyone able to help in the undertaking for no nation can he stronger than the soil resources to which It has A shower was held for Sculley of Many beautiful gifts were |