Agriculture for beginners . are likely to make the greatest progressin agriculture, because they have manure always on Fig. iSS. Modi: N Bales Second, the nitrogen-gathering crops, while helping to feedthe stock, also reduce the fertilizer bills by supplying one ofthe costly elements of the fertilizer. The ordinar)- cotton fer-tilizer consists principally of nitrogen, of potash, and of phos-phoric acid. Of these three, by far the most costly is peas, beans, clover, and peanuts will leave enough nitro-gen in the soil for cotton, so that if they are raised, it isnecessar}- to
Agriculture for beginners . are likely to make the greatest progressin agriculture, because they have manure always on Fig. iSS. Modi: N Bales Second, the nitrogen-gathering crops, while helping to feedthe stock, also reduce the fertilizer bills by supplying one ofthe costly elements of the fertilizer. The ordinar)- cotton fer-tilizer consists principally of nitrogen, of potash, and of phos-phoric acid. Of these three, by far the most costly is peas, beans, clover, and peanuts will leave enough nitro-gen in the soil for cotton, so that if they are raised, it isnecessar}- to buy only phosphoric acid and sometimes potash. FARM CROPS 189 SECTION XXXVI. TOBACCO The tobacco plant connects Indian agriculture with ourown. It has always been a source of great profit to ourpeople. In the early colonial days tobacco v\as almost theonlv money crop. Many rich men came to America in thosedays merely to raise tobacco. Although tobacco will grow in almostany climate, the leaves, which, as most ofyou know, are the salable part of theplant, get their desirable or undesirablequalities ver)- largely from th
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