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SOIL CONSERVATION - FOOD 6
HEALTH
BRAJTTAK SAYS
modern American agriculture's constant
progress torard ;tho goal of better living
and a nore stable economy for everyone is
reflected in the advancement of fields and
farms norn out by erosion into land pro
tected and actually improved in productive
ness through conservation treatment and
management, Secretary Brannan declared in
an article mitten es^ecially for students
participating in the National Orange soil
conservation essay contest..
Soil conservation also has proved ho says,
"to be a near s to do more'profitable farm
ing, in t;ood tir.ics and bad. Informed farm
ers and ranchers have been quick to adopt
conservation measures rhich enable then
to gror; the ir crons in needed abundance
rhile keoping their lands fertile and Ver
mont ly productive.
"Rural people....arc by no means the only
peonlo T.-lio benefit from.such nod'orn apri- '
cultural advancements'as soil conservation,
rural electrification, cooperatives, etc.
rroeporous farm families arc steady cash
customers for merchants and professional
people in torn, rho in turn support tho*
employment of skilled and unskilled rork—
ors up and dov.n the line."
He pointed out that it is cheaper to grot;
a given cron pn. good land than to produce
it on poor land—yields nor aero are high
er, commercial fertiliser returns much
bettor yields on conservation-treated top
soil than it. docs on eroded sub-soil, and
the danger of rain rushing se^ed and (ferti
lizer cut of fields is reduced.
"Conjplct ing and strengthening the farm
program is a matter not only of protecting
farmers but of strengthening our ’■’hole .
economy," ho said, "Conservation of the
land is tjic concern of the whole ncoole,"
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SOU FZTiTILITY AITTCTS TTZTH
The relation of soil fertility to the
health of tooth tierough nutrition'was dis
cussed by Dr, Uil^lian A, Albrecht, noted
soils specialist from the University of
Missouri, in an'article recently rear intod
from the. Annals 'of Dentistry.
According to Dr, Albrecht, in regions of
higher..painfull, excessive carbohydrates
arc found in nature, and nay be -cxnected
in human'diet—a hindrance to sound tooth
because of insufficient proteins and miner
als, roo-.lo*- are constantly in danger of
protein and mineral deficiencies, especial
ly as they become more vegetarian, he said.
It is this nutritional nc.cd that encourages
man's carnivorousness and’ the use of animal
products such as eggs and riilks.
The hat ion's soils show that thcco ’■'ineral
and protein shortages vary according to the
pattern of soil fertility. In'the western
part of the country the lover rainfalls
have not removed the calcium and other
nutrients from the surface soil.-Those
"lino-laden, mineral-rich areas'arc giving’
us protein products in beef and lamb today."
highly reathcrod soils give crops and foods
which'1 arc mainly carbohydrates ard arc
therefore deficient in proteins and minerals
Hard wheat, which has a higher protein
content than soft, starchy wheat, ties moved
westward until over, in Kansas the millets
and bakers arc corvolaining about its lot?
protein content, Gont> on ,,ag0 5