Soil Conservation, Volumen14;Volúmenes1948-1949Information Division, Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1951 |
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Página 104 - ... obligation of respecting the earth and of protecting it in order that they may enjoy its fullness. Toward this end it is the duty of governments and their agencies, of religious institutions, of public and private foundations, of universities and colleges and schools, the press, radio and motion pictures to provide instruction that will make clear the penalties of violating the physical laws of nature and the rewards of living in accord with them.
Página 100 - ... increased and strengthened natural heritage now being drained by our wastefulness. Finally, we recognize that in comparison to other parts of the world, the Americas have a greater natural endowment and have been less exhausted by war and exploitation. This good fortune lays on us a responsibility for leadership in meeting the challenge that we may by no means avoid or escape. The crucial problem of our generation is to safeguard, maintain, develop, increase, and wisely use for the common benefit...
Página 257 - And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth : 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched ; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And...
Página 186 - The ultimate goal in land use is a complete soil and water conservation program on every farm, ranch, forest, and watershed throughout the country.
Página 100 - As representatives of the governments of the Americas we have met to take counsel with one another about the wise use of the earth's resources. Our deliberations have been guided by our awareness of the gravity of the situation in which the peoples of the world now stand. Everywhere in the world natural resources have been depleted by ignorant and reckless exploitation that has ignored the inexorable natural laws which maintain them, and this depletion was disastrously accelerated by the recent World...
Página 48 - ... by erosion. This is an area of approximately 115 million acres of cropland. The productive capacity of much of this highly vulnerable land will be permanently damaged unless it is placed under a sound conservationfarming system within the next 10 to 15 years.
Página 58 - ... it was when God first set man over it. Incidentally, the purchasing of a piece of land which no one else wanted also fitted my pocketbook. It seemed that Providence was with me because, within 3 years, three adjacent farms became available. A doctor friend and I embarked on a great adventure.
Página 243 - It is an old saying that any fool can farm and this was almost the truth when farming consisted chiefly in reducing the fertility of new, rich land secured at practically no cost from a generous government. But to restore depleted soils to high productive power is no fool's job, for it requires mental as well as muscular energy.
Página 101 - Implicit also is a much more comprehensive program than any now existent for the training of technicians, especially of those who work most directly with the land itself and with the people who get their living from it. Ultimately, however, conservation rests on the individual's knowledge of the ends it envisages. We depend upon one another and the man who lives and works in a metropolis without ever seeing the fields that produce his food should be as concerned about those ends as the man who cultivates...
Página 195 - Applied to the 344,827 farms,' this $103 per farm would yield $35,517,181 in additional revenue tax due to the use of soil conservation measures. This tax is paid directly by farmers, but their increased income provides at the same time other sources of revenue, such as increased retail trade and an additional volume of products to be handled by wholesalers, processors, and distributors, most of whom pay income taxes. Deducting $35,517,181 from the $245,000,000 of increased income farmers would have...