Soil erosion takes a toll of millions of dollars in the United States annually. The causes of this drain upon productive lands and preventive measures are graphically shown in an exhibit prepared by the Office of Exhibits of the United States Department of Agriculture for exhibition at the sesquicen

Senators see damage done by soil erosion. Washington, D.C., March 9. H.H. Bennett, Chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, is shown describing to members of the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee the great amount of damage done throughout the country by soil erosion. Bennett said that soi

Soil erosion serious cause for impoverishment senate committee told. Washington, D.C., March 9. Appearing before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today, H.H. Bennett, Chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, declared that soil erosion is a serious cause of impoverishment. "To the Nat

Experts at Bureau of Standards study effect of corrosive soils on specimens of pipe. Washington, D.C., Aug. 8. Of interest to home builders the country over is the study being made by experts at the National Bureau of Standards of the effect of corrosive soils on pipes and protective materials. Samp

The latest in cotton planting. Washington, DC, July 15. John Randolph, engineer of the U.S. Bureau of Agriculture Engineering demonstrates a model of a variable depth cotton planter which he invented. The small white dots at which he is pointing mark the wavy line of seed as planted by this new mach

Scotch machine, Washington, D.C., September 8. This machine, exhibited at the World Power Conference which is being held here, is devised so as to use every inch of matter contained in coal. The coal is put in the rettort and heated to a temperature of 1832 degrees. From the smoke and gas, Tar, Ammo

$3,000,000 map. C.E. Kowaloczyk, AAA worker, laying out the finished photographs for the map, after beign correctly fitted they are pieced together for the completed map, 7/28/37

Inspects film for $3,000,000 map. Photographs for the map are made on a huge roll of film by the aerial cameramen. C.E. Kowaloczyk, AAA worker, is shown inspecting the film for flaws before it is sent in the laboratory to be printed, 7/28/37

Uncle Sam spending $3,000,000 to make one map. Washington D.C. July 28. A huge photographic map which when completed will have cost $3,000,000, is being put together by the Agriculture Adjustment Administration, Department of Agriculture, in Washington. Approximately one-thrid of the entire land sur