Show A LETTER TO T 0 THE EDIT EDITOR 0 R albert W epperson editor and publisher morgan county news dear mr air epperson dr W C lowdermilk of the soil conservation service suggests that if moses had bad foreseen the wastage of land due to mans practice of suicidal agriculture the resulting man i made ade deserts and ruined civilizations the social decadence of billions of people through thousands of years and the oncoming desolation of their lands he doubtless would have been inspired to deliver an eleventh commandment to complete the trinity of mans responsibilities to his creator to his fellow men and mother earth I 1 have attached a copy of such a commandment that received considerable publicity and favorable comment I 1 will appreciate it if you will reprint the command in your editorial column with any comments you may wish to make THE ELEVENTH commandment thou shall inherit the holy earth as a faithful steward conserving its resources and productivity from tl to thou tl tu shall safeguard thy fields from soil erosion thy living waters from drying up thy forresta for rests from desolation and protect thy hills from overgrazing by thy herds that thy descendants ants may have abundance f forever or if tiny any shall fail in this stewardship of the land thy th y fruitful afu ii fields shall become sterile stony ground and wasting gullies and thy descendants shall decrease and live in poverty or perish from off the face of the earth dr W C lowdermilk soil conservation service service very truly yours RAY 11 KERR district conservationist |