Show Cons conservation ervah on notes by W earl 11 the western Farm life magazine august 1 1916 issue carried an article of timely importance entitled 1113 giov lowing lug danger tills this article relates particularly to the dust bowl area in passing this article on to you it states that the annual ell climatic matic conditions that have been prevalent over ever a considerable area of the great plains the past spring and this summer especially in the southern sections la is a serious threat to what may happen next spring unless there is an abnormal amount of 0 snow and moisture next winter march of 47 will see a lot ot of top soil taken into tile the air and a possible revival ot of dust bowl conditions there w were ore thousands ot of acres ot of former sod land plowed up and planted to crops during recent war years not as much as during carld war 1 I but great areas of land none knows exactly how much also because of current high prices and the urging to produce more food tor for the s starving people in the war torn countries more land may be plowed up and bowed to wheat this fall that Is it will be turned tinned over it if growers do not individually and collectively resist the temptation to cash in on the present and forget tho the future increasing the amount of plowed plotted land on the great plains Is not the answer to continued agricultural prosperity la in this country more plowed land may mean bigger and deeper dust bowls and bigger and better abandoned farms in the years ahead every effort should be mado made this fall to tie down and other wise lse protect the land that is now open and subject to wind erosion no additional sod should be turned it if this Is not done growers may reap an unwanted harvest come march and april of IT U |