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the upgrade. In the rest of the nation soils are still deteriorating. We 

 know methods to maintain and improve soil productivity with eco- 

 nomic use of land in all areas except the Great Plains. In that area 

 the full answer is yet to be found. 



We have big problems ahead of us with soils and forests, but I am 

 confident that we can meet them, if as individuals and as a nation we 

 are sufficiently determined to do so. Perhaps we need more of that 

 sense of urgency that characterized the 1908 Governors' Conference. 



