Teddy Roosevelt: “No farm should be so used that the soil is permitted to depreciate in…”

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No farm should be so used that the soil is permitted to depreciate in value; no forest so used as permanently to impair its productivity.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt insists on the importance of maintaining the productivity of farms and forests.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “No farm should be so used that the soil is permitted to depreciate in value; no forest so used as permanently to impair…”