Excerpt from Service News, Vol. 2: Issued for the Staff of the Soil Conservation Service U. S. D. A., Not for Public Distribution; November 6, 1940 In addition to the efforts of farmers, agriculture is contributing to national defense through the work oi' research scientists of the Depart ment of Agriculture, who are developing new sources of materials needed in the defense program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.