SOMETHING TO BITE ON
When a visiting United States soilsurvey and conservation expert submitted himself to cross-examination at an informal gathering sponsored by the P.B. Catchment Board last evening, one of the first questions related to public education in conservation principles.
He stated that, it took a long time to interest anyone in Government or other public circles in conservation, and the general public's attitude was deplorably apathetic, prior to 1934. “But the duststorms of that year made our educational programme easy,” he said. “No-one could ignore after that the tremendous loss of valuable soil which our country was being Subjected. “When soil from the ‘dust-bowl States blew across the whole continent to the Atlantic people could see for themselves what was happening. When people in Washington found western and middle-western soil in their hair, in their clothes and in their ears, the problem was brought right home to them. When they found their mouths full of Oklahoma dust, they certainly had something to bite on!”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22868, 11 February 1949, Page 4
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