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Soil Observation
• L. B. Jlrnr^ity
The United States Bur<ru of Census reports that the population of the United States reached 175 million this month and that the < 0 ' Til? rate, of growth is nearly 8,000 daily. The projected estVf mate for 1975 is 228'million and 335 million for the year 2000.
The United States Nations department of Economic^, and Social Affairs predicts thjt the world poivilatioiji will double in 40 years, which means 6 3 billion by the turn of the century. Projections for the years ahead are based on statistics of the past century.
There is no practical means ir. sight for getting our food supply; from any source except to grow it .or our productive land. The amtunt of good productive land continues to shrink as new highways, factories, urban growth and many other nonagricultural uses grow to meet living ‘demands of the growing population. By the year 2000 each person in the United States will have/to be supported by one half of the acres that »upports ham- today.' Therefore, to conserve and improve our soil resourced,; “it urgent business.*’-.,; It is only common sense to speed
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