Pamphlets on Conservation of Natural Resources, Volumen5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 |
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... loss through natural agencies and negligent or thriftless use ; that they should be protected from monopoly and private or corporate rapacity ; that they should be so cultivated and improved that they may pass to each coming generation ...
... loss through natural agencies and negligent or thriftless use ; that they should be protected from monopoly and private or corporate rapacity ; that they should be so cultivated and improved that they may pass to each coming generation ...
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... losses to the farm is destructive soil erosion ; that the freshets and floods due to storm and thaw waters are destruc- tive of property and even of life ; and knowing through experience in this and other countries that the waste and ...
... losses to the farm is destructive soil erosion ; that the freshets and floods due to storm and thaw waters are destruc- tive of property and even of life ; and knowing through experience in this and other countries that the waste and ...
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... loss of efficiency , and we express our opinion that this is one of the monumental discoveries of the age . The Hook Worm Commission is demonstrating another possibility in increasing efficiency ; and we endorse the efforts of this ...
... loss of efficiency , and we express our opinion that this is one of the monumental discoveries of the age . The Hook Worm Commission is demonstrating another possibility in increasing efficiency ; and we endorse the efforts of this ...
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... loss that the con- tinued destruction of that life is bound to entail , we call upon the people of America to adopt ... losses of life and property from fire in the United States are enormous and abnormal , amounting to 1,500 human lives ...
... loss that the con- tinued destruction of that life is bound to entail , we call upon the people of America to adopt ... losses of life and property from fire in the United States are enormous and abnormal , amounting to 1,500 human lives ...
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... loss to the farms in this country by the erosion of the soil is hardly to be calculated . Engineers have shown how much is carried down the great rivers of the country and is deposited as silt each year at their mouths . The number of ...
... loss to the farms in this country by the erosion of the soil is hardly to be calculated . Engineers have shown how much is carried down the great rivers of the country and is deposited as silt each year at their mouths . The number of ...
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