Show conservation N notes ote S 0 by W earl Rhin ellart lost last week I 1 discussed it a low few excerpts of dr bennets nen nets speech made in fit wadesboro north carolina on september 9 in ili which lie ho referred to bible refo references regarding the soil and tho the recent Ine meaning aning of the word to topa soil oll tills this wee week k I 1 would hk like to go a lutlo little further into por portions ti 0 ais ot of dr Oon notts speech in ili which lie brings out that a good goad many parts of the world havo have boon been so darif dam liged ted by erosion that thy the people are gono gone and all the works of inan mankind kind havo have fallen alien into do cay and ruin tho the city of antioch in syria tor for exa example whore where the apostle paul had such a struggle glo gotting fitting the christian r religion established was so BO deeply covered in one section by erosion del lebrin la washed town down from the adjacent mountains that archaeologists archeologists lind had to dig 18 i feet lit in places to reach tile the tops of magn structures that graced this once groat great city some years ago dr bennett visited dr T L at prince ton toil university on bi hla return from the excavation of tho the theater at ancient corinth to whose inhabitants st paul directed barric boroo of tuo most famous eanious letters ever cyer poll penned 0 d on oil earth ito ho asked ellk I 1 famous arche archaeologist archeologist how dp dep lie he had to dig to reach the theater af forty arty feet lie aalde then it wits asked whore where the cerling maer lal fal came cilia foni washed down from the adjacent hill hillsides sides eliere most oi of the vegetation had been removed rem obedi by gonto he r replied there Is fg plenty cli of erosion in italy too but A it appears apE aara not to be so bad as that in greece perhaps some of the italian people took advice from pahl 32 to 79 AD till who advised banners fan ners tending hill side holds fields to run their furrows across tho the slopes and to brov provide 0 to draw oft off tile the water into drains this may have been the beginning of the triode modern rii nold flold terrace I 1 ile ho ends this portion of ills hta speech in stating wo have learned also that various older parts of the world as in aaa minor have lost so 06 much soil eoll that nations and even tlona have expired as ft a result Q |