XIV 



The New Frontier 



THE crowding populations of the earth stand on the last 

 frontier the lands beneath their feet. Migration to more fa- 

 vored regions is no longer possible. On every border stands a 

 man with a gun, warning: "You can't come here." There is no 

 more land. It is all preempted, with a sign erected, "No Tres- 

 passing Keep Off!" Each country is determined to reserve 

 and conserve its dwindling supply of topsoil to feed its own peo- 

 ple. Practically all countries in the world, particularly the more 

 densely populated, now face or will eventually face a need for 

 more arable land. There is only one possible way to supply this 

 pressing demand, and that is to build more soil. 



We have called this last frontier a "new frontier" a place 

 of opportunity whereon we conceive of the possibility of literally 

 building a new earth to supply more richly all our needs and de- 

 sires, both in the immediate future and for many generations to 

 come. The individual can exploit the potentialities of this new 

 frontier to his own immediate benefit. An entire nation can de- 

 velop this new frontier for the present generation and for future 

 generations. Our concept is not based upon some magic formula 

 for synthetic soil-building, or speculative synthetic production of 

 food. Using the same tried and tested tools, forces, and ma- 

 terials with which nature works, but at a highly accelerated tempo, 

 supplemented and aided by the use of modern machinery and the 

 accumulated knowledge of the forces and materials with which 



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