PREFATORY NOTE 



This . paper has been written to call attention to what the 

 writer believes to be a serious problem in some parts of tht 

 State, which demands more than passing notice. It needs careful 

 consideration, and needs it now, before the damage is beyond 

 repair. 



This short and hasty study of our eroded lands is preliminary 

 to a more detailed study of the subject in all its aspects that 

 will be taken up by the writer at as early date as the completion 

 of work already in hand will permit. That study will be embodied 

 in a Bulletin of moderate size and fully illustrated so as to show- 

 to the eye the results of erosion on the lands of the State and 

 Nature's methods of repair when encouraged and supplemented 

 by man's intelligent assistance. 



The Paper of Dr. McGee, who has on a previous occasion 

 given attention to soil erosion in Mississippi, has been introduced 

 as well worthy of the careful perusal of every citizen of the 



State " E. N. LOWE. 



Jackson, July 12, ip/o. 



