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interested in preserving the nation's resources.

Panel two shows the utility and necessity of soil erosion and control. 

Two panels are at the right of the West Corridor Entrance:

Corn and Wheat

In these two panels are two basic products of our fruitful land: wheat and corn.

Two panels are at the left of the West Corridor Entrance:

"Burial of the Child"
(1) Commemorating the sacrifice of life of those who forged westward on the old Santa Fe trail. This depicts the burial of a child. Before the rising sun the pioneer minister with raised hand pronounces the last benediction. Surrounding him the fellow travelers, back of them the wagons hitched and ready to proceed westward.

(2) The Great Cattle Drives

This panel depicts the great herds that for thirty years were driven from Texas to the roaring rail points of central and western Kansas.

On the sketch I have made two indications of bronzes which could be placed in the niches. The corn and wheat with that of a Pawnee Indian, and in the other a pioneer man and woman.