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\u201cThe April issue of the Royal Bank of Canda\u2019s [sic] monthly letter, which treats \u201cUsing Soil Wisely\u201d reached this farm today by way of a Doctor- friend of the family with this quite startling comment relative to this interest of his heart: \u201cApparently future generations will die of deficiency diseases or starvation unless some way is found to prevent soil erosion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough millions of years\u201d the interesting article states \u201cNature built up a balance between animal, vegetable and mineral life. She tied the mixture in place on the earth\u2019s surface by the interlacing of grass roots on our prairies and tree roots in our forests. The leaves she discarded in autumn became part of the soil that produced them\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut we humans came and broke up the prairies and cleared away the forests. We upset the balance of nature. Today our earth is sick\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soil erosion is a continuing issue on Prince Edward Island to this day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust what in plain terms does this deterioration of land mean to us? One result of lack of conservation is a lowered level of living and the development of human erosion to be seen in the various deficiency diseases and hidden hunger. It is conceivable that if wastage of land continues, we shall be faced not with a struggle for markets but with a struggle for food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHealth is so important to us that we should be well advised to spend relatively more on knowing our soils and seeing that they are healthy, and relatively less on our illnesses, which are merely the outward sign of an often unrealized soil deficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn considering health it is misleading to separate men, animals, plants. All are part and parcel of the same nutrition cycle which governs all living cells. The earth\u2019s green carpet is the source of the food consumed by livestock and mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have passed the stage looking upon plants and vegetation as inexhaustible resources, but we do not yet fully realize how perishable the earth\u2019s goodness can be..\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Credit: NRCAN<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we seek from the land is that it provide the base of the highest possible standard of living for the people of Canada\u2026\u201d And we who farm for future generations recognize that the term \u201csoil erosion\u201d includes a number of things. It takes in not only the more and less depletion left in the wake of the wintry seasons and rains, but any careless mining of the fields without thought of much restoration which is some instances, with help scarce and time at a premium has to pass for farming today. And how shall conditions be bettered?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is likely the 26 man committee set up by the Senate early this year charged with a \u201cwidespread study of land use in Canada\u201d in a job described in the Chamber as one of the \u201cmost important the Senate has ever undertaken\u201d will find some answers to the question. It may be that sooner or later, to work toward the benefit of all, that soil survey and regulation of arming to some extent will be out lot on farms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight the Maytime fields rest, quietly beneath a damp Spring-blanket of snow.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until tomorrow – – – Diary – Goodnight\u2026\u2026.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellen\u2019s Diary, May 9th, 1957.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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