History is largely a record of human struggle to wrest the land from nature, because man relies for sustenance on the products of the soil. So direct, is the relationship between soil erosion, the productivity of the land, and the… — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
Soil erosion is as old as agriculture. It began when the first heavy rain struck the first furrow turned by a crude implement of tillage in the hands or prehistoric man. It has been going on ever since, wherever man's… — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
From every conceivable angle-economic social, cultural, public health, national defense-conservation of natural resources is an objective on which all should agree. — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
History is largely a record of human struggle to wrest the land from nature, because man relies for sustenance on the products of the… — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
If we are bold in our thinking, courageous in accepting new ideas, and willing to work with instead of against our land, we shall… — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
Soil erosion is as old as agriculture. It began when the first heavy rain struck the first furrow turned by a crude implement of… — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
Out of the long list of nature’s gifts to man, none is perhaps so utterly essential to human life as soil. — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
