ILLUSTRATIONS 



A descriptive list of the numbered illustrations which follow in 

 the next eight pages 



(1) The land as it might be: sound farming methods in the Ohio 

 Valley. 



(2) The land as it was: virgin forest in Allegheny National Forest, 

 Pennsylvania. (3) The land as much of it is: a tenant farmer in 

 Walker County, Alabama. 



(4) The gateway of the road west: the entrance to the Oregon Trail 

 in Scottsbluff County, Nebraska. (5) The Great Plains in 1870, an en 

 campment of the Hayden Expedition near Church Buttes, Wyoming. 

 (6) The same place today. Overgrazing has destroyed the rich grasses 

 shown in the previous picture, and their place has been taken by coarse 

 range weeds. The stream has built a bar of silt and cut a deep gouge out 

 of the range. 



(7) From "dead-ends" of the pioneer movement like this Idaho dry 

 farm, come (8) migratory farm workers without land and without secu 

 rity. To provide a stable existence for such farm families, the Farm Se 

 curity Administration has established (9) neat farms in more fertile 

 regions. 



(10) With the coming of efficient farm machinery the western plains 

 became a vast grain factory. (11) Abandoned dry farms are breeding 

 grounds for (12) the dust storms. The result of these "black blizzards" 

 (13) was drifts of sand choking the fertile land. With proper care (14) 

 such land can be made once again rich, productive, and stable. 



(15) Gullies and (16) ruined watersheds send water into the stream 

 channels to add to (17) the destructive force of floods. 



(18) Forests will protect the steep watersheds; plants like (19) the 

 kudzu vine will heal the gullies. (20) Farm reservoirs will supply water 

 in times of drought, and (21) contour plowing, listing, and strip -cropping 

 will hold the cultivated soil. 



(22) Overgrazing on the range means poor grass and poor cattle. (23) 

 On the grasslands overgrazing has produced gullies and useless range 

 weeds. (24) By protecting the range from overgrazing the grass can be 

 brought back to where it will support (25) properly limited herds of fine 

 cattle. 



(26) Zion National Park and (27) The Forest Service Recreation 

 Area on the slopes of Mt. Whitney are two characteristic national rec- 



