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consume the land if mankind is to continue. The foundation 

 of good land use is the realisation of men who use the land 

 that they hold it in trust for those who are to come after them. 

 "He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, 

 the waters, the plants, the heavens, and how to come at these 

 enchantments, is the rich and royal man." 3 



PROJECTS 



1. Write to your state, county, or municipal board. Find out 

 what types of land planning they are attempting in your area. 



2. Assume that you and your classmates are farmers in some 

 nearby area. Try to set up a zoning project for that area similar 

 to the Wisconsin zoning method. 



3. Try the same thing with the Soil Conservation District law. 



4. Draw up a coordinated plan for the use of all the land re 

 sources in your area. You can get necessary information for 

 this from the county agricultural agent, the county commis" 

 sion, and the various other agencies which control land use. 



5. If you live in a city find out how the Boning laws have been 

 applied there. 



DEBATES 



1. Is the planning board justified in forcing a man to move 

 from a backwoods area in order to save the cost of school trans' 

 portation and roads? 



2. Should America plan to buy its raw materials elsewhere 

 and become a manufacturing nation like Great Britain, or 

 should it plan to produce its raw materials at the cost of added 

 taxation? 



3 Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Little Waters, by H. S. Person, Washing' 

 ton, 1936, p. 75. 



