Abstract

Since the dawn of history, land has been the primary source from which Man has taken the things that he needs for existence and for progress, for life in the lower margin and for luxury. Land still brings forth the grain, fruit and meat that feed him; the flax, cotton and wool that clothe him; the wood, stone and iron that house him. It supplies the fuels that warm him—the fuels that, transformed by his arts into energy, serve him in a thousand ways.