Show SOIL EROSION A BIG undo uncle salm is 13 awakening to lie ser foosness fous ness of soil erosion anti ami in tit the repart department ment of tile interior a division Js Is now noir in active OPel operation atlon for the liet let ter er combating tills annual loss loas 0 of f 21 times as much still soil by ero slon as nil all that ithe crops crop s consume P bodny acres formerly good land 1 la 11 wort liless or enough for barnis of ZI 2 0 arrea acres each throe billion tons of tills plant food is washed out of our fields tint anil pastures each cadi year and this call baua fles ees expense because it fills up lip river iver I 1 channels canals reservoirs anil and also spreads materials out where they car can not lie he used sed lithe top soil vos dished lied away awa each cadi sea son la Is worth four hundred million dol lars it is 18 rall rapidly idly becoming more moie important our timber supplies are belaz md and over grazing ot of the pasture cioth on public ian lands ds and 0 on n private linds lands anerk increases ases the annual top doll loss alere in san juin juan those tsuta it lie of ff rave ne contain coner to those to have hap an all lil litterest terest in tit alio 0 future not only la Is over ner kruik grazing a matter of 0 moment but that terrible teril hlo pest tile zuni uni log dok la Is 1161 pill to devastate devast nto the lands that hint are naturally rich in soil strength holding hold lii water well anti anil arc venting floods and rapid run nin ott off ol of waiter anter H it 11 kennett bennett ili editor of ir tills work 8 ays we e should liae begun the aik work oik 75 7 years ears ago lie he ultes flips acrea opened mcneil to entry a generation Kener atlon ako ago and states flint alint fX acre 4 ot of this land lins has already alre aily lioen withell until it Is g tallying reduction ot of cropped lands is dispio pro in many inan strates ato Stes ant butali farm faim lands once rich are now quite worthless woith less mr air ilen hennett 1 1 ett it 11 more careful caie ful farm faim set setup 1 up ap the terracing i ot of lands strip farming conto lir plowing proper rotation cro ps and putting back ciack into lands that should neer bave leea been denuded 11 aided of tives tires locally I tills bounty should the vi ot it the serious ilo tills this post that cats the roots Is a that we ve may not ignore help for the eradication of this en emy of and pasture 1 filsht liero here XV important let blue I 1 lue Moun alit club and all lea set got don to it Is denlid ln in our pasture linds lands ins ing the silt burden of the san and the colorado rivers alch ile he ol of nult lonal ional interest intel est and it Is |