To Hold This Soil

by Russell Lord

Excerpt from To Hold This Soil Every soiled stream and dust storm in the United States advances the spectacle of one farm, county, and State moving into another, or out to sea, at a rate for which there is no known precedent, over a country as a whole. 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.

122 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1972

About the author

Agricultural journalist Russell Lord (1895-1964). grew up in Baltimore County & lived in Harford County. USA.

Lord edited a literary journal called The Land, which advocated environmentally responsible agriculture. His wife Kate Lord, a nationally known artist, provided illustrations for his books and for the journal, some based on Harford County’s countryside.