Show good care of soil aids defense plans contour farming strip cropping and nd terracing can help in increasing yields to meet the needs of the national food for defense program says lindley G cook extension soil conservationist at rutgers university this is the time to make plans for 1942 he reminds farmers american farmers will be asked to produce greater quantities of food than ever before in the history of the country cook reports farmers are fast finding out by means of research and ana experience on their own farms that conservation practices play yields a definite part in increasing this is the time to begin planning 3 the farm program for next season in such a way that record production can be obtained without the last war wasteful practices of the |