AN "ABANDONED" FARM 

 Hillside Erosion and Gullies, Where the Top Soil Has Been Washed Away. 



Catawba County, North Carolina 



No Soil, No Farm 



said that letters addressed to the Geo- 

 logical Survey, Washington, D. C, ask- 

 ing for information, will receive prompt 

 answers. The Survey will advise all 

 inquirers in regard to maps already is- 

 sued, as well as those shortly to be pub- 

 lished, and will give all details as to how 

 the maps may be of help to tourists, just 

 what regions they cover, how to secure 

 them. etc. 



Interested in Conservation 



THE West Mrginia Board of Trade 

 announces that its fourth annual 

 meeting will be held in Clarksburg, W. 

 Va., on November lo and ii, next. It 

 is also announced that at this meeting 

 forestry, and the general subject of con- 

 servation of natural resources will re- 

 ceive much attention, and that the board 

 intends to forward the cause of the 

 forests- and other natural resources in 

 every way possible. At the last meet- 

 ing, held in Elkins. W. Va.. I\Ir. Will- 

 iam L. HalL associate forester of the 

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Forest Service, delivered a comprehen- 

 sive and interesting address on "Tlie 

 Appalachian National Forest. At that 

 time the board adopted resolutions pro- 

 viding that a committee be appointed 

 which should prepare and submit to the 

 governor of West Virginia, for his con- 

 sideration and for action by the state 

 legislature, a bill or bills outlining a 

 state forest policy and providing for 

 state forest reserves and forest pro-- 

 tection. The resolutions also favored 

 the establishment of the proposed Ap- 

 palachian National Forest, and urged 

 the senators and representatives from 

 West Virginia to vote for the speedy 

 establishment of the proposed forest. 



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Tan-'bark Supply Failing 



FIGURES lately compiled by the 

 Census Bureau, with the assistance 

 of the Forest Service, would seem to 

 indicate that the American supply of 

 tan bark is decreasing. A loss in val- 



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