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<br />6 HISTORY OF CONSERVATION IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY
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<br />It has been said that the history of any achievement is
<br />simply the record of the men whose vision saw in advance,
<br />whose efforts constantly promoted, and whose efforts were
<br />finally crowned with success,
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<br />It would not be difficult to recall personally a score of
<br />men, who, to our limited knowledge, have contributed outstand-
<br />ing efforts to conservation in the Missouri Valley area, I confess
<br />that the impulse is strong to compliment those outstanding men
<br />as the programs are narrated, However, our limitations in this
<br />vast area would not permit this to be done with faimess to the
<br />rest of this large valley,
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<br />Also a great deal of credit is due to the areas far removed
<br />from the Missouri Valley, An analysis of the outstanding Scotts-
<br />bluff, Nebraska, irrigation project must credit the German Rus-
<br />sian immigrant with the major share of the project's success,
<br />the same standard of close analysis of the Orman Darn, South
<br />Dakota, project would credit matured ability and talent in far
<br />away Utah, Again we must all take off our hats in thanks to
<br />our neighbors to the east, the people of Iowa and Minnesota
<br />who were the first to retard and almost stop' the prairie fire
<br />of timber loss and soil erosion that swept westward' from the
<br />Atlantic seaboard with seemingly no opposition,
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<br />We must now consider the extent to which a book on
<br />history of conservation should prescribe and recommend pro-
<br />grams and cures for many evils that attack our natural resources,
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<br />In the valley of the Missouri River there are two million
<br />citizens including 4-H club members and fuhue farmers who
<br />have direct daily contact with the soil problem. They are in-
<br />terested in conservation.
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<br />To this fraternity the writer belongs, nevertheless he would
<br />hesitate, as farm guest,' to advise any member how to "land a
<br />plow," "time a mower," or adjust a sieve on a combine, For
<br />the same reason, recommendations cannot be made for or to
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