Show farmers told of soil value by head although american americ n farmers have produced 40 percent morel more food in 1017 1917 than they did back I 1 in the period 1935 to 1939 and american consumers are eating 17 percent more food per person there is a sobering thought that should not be overlooked this thanksgiving J vern hopkin utah PAIA chairman in making this statement said he had no intention of casting any spirit of gloom ovet over the holiday but that too often we forget from whence cometh our strength we should not forget that today there are only two and one half acres of harvested cropland for each person from which we have taken this abundance of food he said twenty five years ag ago 0 it was three and one quarter acres it per person lie ile went on to point out that with the amount of land limited and the population increasing it t is time that every person took an interest in protecting our topsoil rom which we derive most of our food when the first thanksgiving was in this country there was zas an average of nine inches of topsoil now ow there are six inches through the agricultural conservation program the nation has an opportunity to cooperate and it is s cooperating with its farmers in n conserving soil and water by assisting these farmers in carrying out soil and water conservator conser vaton practices the nation is helping to nake make sure that future thanksgiving days will continue to have the abundance of 1917 1947 |