HUMUS 33 



The new frontier is literally beneath our feet. Layer .by 

 layer, right down to the bedrock, the ancient remains of buried 

 continents lie sleeping the inexhaustible parent material of new 

 and fertile virgin lands to be awakened and roused to verdant 

 life through the knowledge and mastery of man. This new fron- 

 tier is not a figure of speech; it is an actual, physical fact and 

 each individual can go to work at once upon his own particular 

 spot of ground, be it small or large, and have the pleasure, satis- 

 f action, and profit of enjoying his own new earth which he, him- 

 self, has helped to create. 



When the struggle for the mastery of the earth the actual 

 physical occupation of the earth is over, vast changes will take 

 place, are already taking place. Among the changes very defi- 

 nitely in evidence is the movement of city and urban populations 

 toward the land. Spurred by necessity and a universal awaken- 

 ing to the importance of the soil, millions of people are turning 

 towards the establishment of themselves upon the land, either small 

 plots or more extensive acreage, according to their ability to ac- 

 quire. They are seeking security through the development of a 

 subsistence-homestead as a vocation or avocation. 



The wise man or woman will not procrastinate, but will be- 

 gin to plan how to occupy a little piece of earth, or a big piece of 

 earth, and learn how to utilize it to the best advantage. It is not 

 necessary to seek expensive land, highly developed and fertile. 

 Through simple and easily mastered methods of soil-building, 

 utilizing earthworms and allied forces of nature, the land-dweller 

 can build his own good soil in any quantity necessary to meet his 

 needs. 



