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on soil and water conservation published by the SCSA (Soil Con- 

 servation Society of America, Ankeny, Iowa) as reference material 

 for schools. 



Dr. J. HAROLD SEVER AID. As offensive to me as a junkyard is an 

 old ramshackle barn, or other farm building, unpainted and tumbling 

 down, if not already collapsed. I heard no one complain about this. 

 Therefore, I propose that steps be taken to coerce or cajole the owners 

 of such offenses along primary public and scenic highways to dispose 

 of unsalvageable buildings and to fix up and paint up salvageable 

 ones. It would be worth matching grants to accomplish this. A 

 well kept farm is attractive. A poorly kept up one is an eyesore. This 

 applies to discarded or improperly housed farm machinery also. 



MAX M. THARP. Creation of wildlife sanctuaries wherever pos- 

 sible is desirable to preserve our diminishing population of animals 

 and birds for the enjoyment of our people. Such sanctuaries are 

 extensive users of rural land and would be particularly suited to farm- 

 lands not now needed for agricultural production. These areas 

 could act as land reserves available for future agricultural produc- 

 tion if needed. Such areas could be developed in their natural 

 setting and managed to preserve their natural ecology. They would 

 provide for the needs of educational institutions for study of plant 

 and animal life in a natural habitat. 



PAUL E. WAGGONER. We are here talking of natural beauty for 

 the immediate reason that our President led us. But we must realize 

 why we are able to think of amenities and why the President's lead- 

 ership will bear fruit. Then we can better assure that we will con- 

 tinue enjoying amenities rather than suffering squalor. 



A startling increase in yield per acre has released people from toil 

 in the field, it has fed more people on a decreased acreage and it has 

 freed hillsides from tillage. Thus we have ease to enjoy, food to eat, 

 and fields to landscape. This is why we are able to think of natural 

 beauty and able to restore natural beauty. 



The prerequisite for continued concern and preservation of natural 

 beauty is not a retrogression in the science and art of farming, but 

 greater improvements that will increase yields per acre still more 

 and thus free still more acres for landscaping, while feeding the 

 growing numbers of people who would enjoy the view. 



Dr. T. T. WILLIAMS. Mr. Monk made a statement yester- 

 day that beauty rarely exists in a poverty environment. In this 



