The rapidly accumulating
evidence of soil depletion
over wide agricultural
areas, the reduction in crop yields on improperly fertilized or unfertilized
areas and on others, the reduction of fertility levels to the point where fertilizer applications represent the minimum subsistence diet, combined with an aroused public consciousness of the importance of soil fertility conservation and restoration, will inevitably lead to a demand that the chemical industry provide here the same high order of service which it offers elsewhere in meeting man's aspirations for more abundance and greater efficiency.