DON'T FORGET 



SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK 



SPONSORED BY YOUR CONSERVATION DISTRICT 



APRIL 30 



MAY 7 



THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S 



CONSIDER OUR LAND. 



Spreading acre by acre and mile by mile across 

 the heart of our continent is the largest single ex- 

 panse of productive land on Earth. 



It is an awesome land, magnificent in the variety 

 and richness with which God endowed it. 



It is the Lord's land, entrusted to our cart dur- 

 ing our lifetime to help us serve Him and His 

 purposes for our being. 



As stewards, we have decided that one-fourth 

 of it should be managed for all of us by our gov- 

 ernment. The much larger part ^ three fourths 

 — we have divided into millions of units in private 

 ownership. 



Three-fourths of our land! Here is an empire 

 of the noblest proportions — nearly 1.5 billion 

 acres, which fortify our present strength and stand 

 surely as a testing ground of our future. 



It is the land on which we must depend to pro- 

 duce more and still more food — for our own 

 growing needs and to help those abroad who 

 hunger. 



It is the land where we can add to the supplies 

 and quality of our water; and where most of our 

 timber will be grown. 



It is the land where most of our outdoor recrea- 

 tion needs can be met; and where most of our 

 wildlife will be produced. 



Three-fourths of our landt Here is where the 

 owners are — the legion of men and women on 

 whom we depend to accept the obligations of 

 stewardship and work together as neighbors for 

 the common good. 



It is the land of a democracy, where we rely on 

 the voluntary exercise of individual responsibility 

 rather than regulation by government as th8 

 favoredavenue to accomplishment. 



It is the land of owners who have the reason, 

 more than any others, to focus on each acre the 

 skills and devotion that progress requires. 



It is the land of still unmeasured values, deserv- 

 ing new and higher regard as a vital and irreplace- 

 able treasure. 



Consider our land. Consider it well. 



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