Show farin loews erosion iu in the grocery store if tile the local grocery store were to cave in sending blinding caus cans jars and sacks ol of food swirling clown we thy river the people depending on that store tor for food would really get excited about it kut when the soil which pro bues tile the lood food goes down the river it Is taken as a matter ot of course with this simple analogy J yern yera hopkin utah state chairman calls attention to NY what bat soil losses meau mean to the tha public 1 news bews of a carload of po potatoes going bad or several hundred cases of eggs spoiling makes the headlines the chairman points 0 out but when potential production tion goes under the bridge lu ia t alia ia way of eroded soil it Is viewed as just so much muddy water if in the flood swollen river wo con could id see barrels of flour cases of eggs truckloads truck loads ot of canned vegetables and fruits and carloads of potatoes beans corn COM m milk ilk beef butter apples and strawberries instead of so much muddy water more people would unde understand krstana what is taking place Is this country the chairman explains experts estimate that when tile the pilgrim fathers landed in this country we had an average 0 of f nine inches of topsoil top soll now there are only six inches it is startling to estimate the amount of food this lost three inches of topsoil represents more afore startling is the thought of what will happen if with population increasing we lose another three inches of af topsoil top soll to check soil losses and insure continued production Is th the reason for the agricultural conservation program |