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Show Life Depends On Top-Soil "At maximum high flood stages, the Mississippi every minute carries by Yicksburg, Mississippi, the soil equivalent I to a forty-acre farm," declares E. C. MacArthur, president of the National Association of Soil 'Conservation District Governing officials. I Mr. MacArthur is anxious to 'promote cooperation and team-j team-j work between the supervisors of the 1.750 soil conservation dis- tricts in the United States. He wants them to make a common com-mon cause for the conservation of soil throughout the nation. The conservation of our top soil is of vital importance to every American, whether one lives in the cities or in the country. In fact, the standard of living of the' country depends on the few inches of top soil that permit the successful growing grow-ing of crops and. in view of the heavy soil losses that have occurred oc-curred in this country, it is time for some organization to speed up the work of soil conservation. |