Show am PRIZE GOOD SOIL GOOD LIVIN Cir WARREN GAMBLE what is our greatest natural re le source it is ii the land this lard land of ours onis has a thin layer of top soil which is about seven even s inches deep on the average and is is the chief support of life imagine our life rip on this thin layer of soil our soil is is the foundation of happiness and prosperity all progress depends on it america supports her position of greatness on the soil tile the power wealth of our people are based on tile the pi production of our land our land is made up of many different kinds of soil I 1 but even the most unusable land can be made useful by good land management by this form of land management I 1 deap mean to grow on the land what the soil is best suited for has part of our soil gone sonic some of it has been carried away by water and wind either put tit at the bottom of the ocean or some place where it will do no good before man mail came to this country there was about nine inches of if rich top soil but lie he did not manage it right and now it averages abow abort seven inches natille put it a cover of vegetation ow oer the land to protect tile the soil fin en erosion isiola vegetation is is very it gives the soil the power to hold back the rain and let it soak slowly into it where here the vegetation can call use it therefore both land and vegetation alie aie working toge together t let man has not protected natures coveris covering g I 1 he e has cut down forest and alad plowed I 1 up tit tile land leaving it b baie to tile the wind and rain after eve wind and tp soil is acin being can carried led away avay it 11 is not only doing that but it is ib also carrying our oui nation to pov eirv ei ty what an all we c do to save have our oui boil theio are aie many ways we can an use ube good land management we can call ut 1111 erosion control tont iol calop rotation lo tation and water conservation and others in using these practices s of conservation sti we e can call make inake our oui nation and world 01 id it a better place ill in which to to lne li e wit etli 1 I 1 niovi healthy and prosperous people we ive must all member that GOOD SOIL indans GOOD VING |