Soil and Water conservation

H. H. Bennett once said, “Soil conservation is probably the youngest of all the agricultural sciences.” Its newness doesn’t make it any less important, especially in small towns where people rely heavily on soil and water conservation to grow crops to feed their families and people around the world. In 2000, slightly more than one-half of the nation’s population lived in jurisdictions cities, towns, boroughs, villages and townships with fewer than 25,000 people or in rural areas, which makes it even more important to conserve soil and water in such areas, so we can have it for future generations and beyond.

Small towns need soil conservation to survive because without it they will not be able to grow crops, and in turn people will have to leave thus is the end of a small town, because with no people there can be no town. Just like in the dust bowl were people couldn’t grow crops because of the poor soil conditions this could happen again if we are not careful of the land that we use to farm.

Small towns also need water conservation because when you are living in a place like the panhandle of Texas water is scarce and relied upon for daily living. When water is used in this part of the world it should be conserved. Just as in the last couple of years we have had a severe drought causing our lakes and rivers, to deplete.

Another reason for soil and water conservation is that you need small towns. In places as dry and as farmed as the panhandle of Texas small towns will became extinct. Small town way of life is important because it sets up good moral values in people, from how they were brought up in a small town.

In conclusion you can tell that without this kind of conservation is important to the way of life of the small towns because, there are no small towns without crops, and without crops there is no food, so that people can survive thus humanity will no longer exist causing the world to be empty.

By: Denny Mace