Abstract
IN some quarters there is concern as to whether the nation's soil resources can support the United States in a position of world leadership. Our soils are capable. We can be confident of that. The problem is to manage our soils so as (1) to yield enough crops to meet current increasing demands, (2) while doing it, to increase soil productivity enough to support even higher production on a sustained basis, and (3) to provide farm families with a high standard of living. Some popular opinion holds these to be conflicting objectives. I do not. There is an abundance of scientific evidence, backed by practical application on farms, to conclude that we can make our soils produce enough to meet current needs and also to provide for the long pull. Modern measures for improved soil management contribute toward both goals simultaneously. The job is to get such measures into general use on farms-a job that will take much doing. As a backdrop for discussing the various factors involved in this concept of soil utilization, we need to consider the size of the production job, trends in crop production, and the nature of our soil resources.
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