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Aerial views show soil loss and soil lovers in midwest
A wartime air tour over Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri highlights soil erosion, terracing, and conservation efforts. Editor Arthur Burrowes of St. Joseph notes the impact on farms, stockyards, and mills while pilots describe seeing soil variations from the air. The piece argues soil conservation as a national concern and praises windbreaks like the Halsey forest.
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Arthur V. Burrowes
News-Press
St. Joseph
Air Transport Command
Abilene
Dwight D._Hisenhower
Burrowes
Missouri
Kansas
Art Burrowes
Missouri River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
America
Everglades
Florida
New England
Virginia
Oklahoma
Alabama
Georgia
Ohio
Calhan
Colo
Robert G. Simmons
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Congress
Nebraska
Bob Simmons
Rio Grande
Halsey National’ Forest
Halsey
Neb
United States