Show THE BATTLE OF THE AGES in america today as in china a thousand years ago man is struggling with nature he is biting the land that is feeding him bhim in america today if man fails to see sec his folly he may win his immediate struggle against nature and lose everything except victory in america tomorrow if man wins the senseless struggle this shall be a desolate land a land of famine a land like china today nature strives constantly to keep a balance a very delicate balance to be sure among all creatures and things man in ignorance averice and greed unwittingly destroys the balance history has proved that any interference ter ference with this natural order of things results in un forseen consequences nature checks the pocket gopher with the badger and weasel the prolific rabbit with the coyote the voracious ground squirrel with the soaring hawk man alan kills the badger cova coyote and hawk and his fields are re overrun with rodents nature drapes with forests the steep high hills giving countless millions of leaves to keep rushing rains from destroying thin soils and rolling plains with grass to keep clay subsoil covered with loam valley free from gaping canyons and streams crystal clear man by his creed of eat cat drink and be merry so tomorrows farmer must die clean cuts the forest overgrazes over grazes the range and cultivates un arable land or wrongly y cultivates arable land if america is saved man must cease his folly must yield in this suicidal struggle with nature and by better agronomic sous soils forestry and engineering practices substitute for natural climax vegetative cover his nearest approximation to what nature would use as a balance between soil building and soil wastage man must mend his ways tod today y tomorrow may be too late the northwestern |