Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Agriculture.

Director, Evelyn Cherry ; producer, Evelyn Cherry ; director, Lawrence Cherry ; producer, Lawrence Cherry ; photography, Lawrence Cherry, Donald Wilder ; sound, Roger Beaudry ; music, Eldon Rathburn.

Recorded 1949.

A film on soil conservation, showing problems facing farmers in different areas of Canada. Many scenes of soil eroded, gouged and leached out by water, and of soil blowing away, prove the ominous necessity of understanding and preserving the land if we are to continue to reap vital crops. The development of soil through the centuries, the particular conservation problems in eastern and western Canada, and how soil fertility may be restored and maintained are dealt with in detail.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).