AN "ABANDONED" FARM 



Hillside Erosion and Gullies, Where the Top Soil Has Been Washed Away. No Soil, No Farm 

 Catawba County, North Carolina 



said that letters addressed to the Geo- 

 logical Survey. Washington. D. C., ask- 

 ing for information, will receive prompt 

 answers. The Survey will advise all 

 inquirers in regard to maps already is- 

 sued, as well as those >h<>rtlv to be pub- 

 lished, and will give all details as to how 

 the maps may be of hrlp to tourists, ju-t 

 what regions they cover, how to secure 

 them. etc. 



Interested in Conservation 



THK West Virginia Hoard <if Trade 

 announce-; that its fourth annual 

 meeting will be held in Clarksburg. \V. 

 \'a., on Xovember 10 and II. next. It 

 i- also announced that at this meeting 

 forestry, and the general subject of con- 

 servation of natural resources will re- 

 ceive much attention, and that the lx>anl 

 intends to forward the cause of the 

 forests and other natural resources in 

 every way possible. At the last meet- 

 ing, "held "in Klkin^. \Y. Ya.. Mr. Will- 

 iam L. Hall, a-s<.eiate forester of the 

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Fore>t Service, delivered a comprehen- 

 sive and interesting address on "The 

 Appalachian National Forest. At thai 

 time the board adopted resolutions pro- 

 viding that a committee be appointed 

 which should prepare and submit to the 

 governor of West Virginia, for hi- con- 

 sideration and for action by the state 

 legislature, a bill or bills outlining a 

 state forest plicy and providing for 

 state forest reserve- and forest pro- 

 tection. The resolution-* also favored 

 the establishment of the proposed Ap 

 palachian National Forest, and urged 

 the senators and representatives from' 

 West Virginia to vote for the speedv 

 establishment of the proposed forest. 



Tan'bark Supply Failing 



F1CCRKS lately compiled by the 

 Census r.ureau. with the assistance 

 of the Forest Service, would seem to 

 indicate that the American supply of 

 tan bark is decreasing. A loss in val- 



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