Show new booklet Is issued on soil conservation Is now available to farmers and others without charge soils and security a new illustrated lust rated booklet written by dr 11 11 Ifer B ennett inett chief of the sou boll conservation service sen ice lias bas been released and Is 13 available to all persons interested in the rapidly growing conservation movement SOS officials report pointing out that about 14 per cent of the land about million ac acres reave coave been essentially ruined by soil erosion and another 35 per cent of the ithe land damaged damage the publication places the annual cost of sou erosion in the united states at not less than 8 of paTt particular lealar interest to the southwest where the farming in austry depends primarily upon storage of water I 1 la a the statement aliat unless present rates 0 of sedimentation are reduced sa M per cent of the existing gains dams and resen olra in the united states will lune have a useful life of GO 50 years or less techniques of erosion control and the results of soil conservation efforts in recent years are described the new movement of locally guided soil conservation districts Is growing rapidly and iby by 1950 at the present tate rate about million acres of farm and range land and in the country will be included in these conservation cooperatives dr bennett Benn eitt estimated copies of the booklet may be obtained tree free from the U S department of agriculture washington D C or from local USDA depre sont scata athea tives |