Show v Half H lf of Topsoil Has Washed Away S 'S BECKLEY W. W VA More More than 50 per pcr per cent of the original top soil on West W st Virginia land has been washed away away according to Walter C. C Grum- Grum bel be a soil conservationist S Where Whre Wh re soil conservation methods have been b n practiced Gumbel said crop yields yi have increased any any- anywhere anywhere anywhere where from 10 to 25 per cent He said said- an intelligent conserva conserva- conservation conservation conservation tion program would protect and sta sta- stabilize stabilize sta- sta the land and water supply restore plant food increase farm income prevent floods and restore forests and wild life |