. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. 180 AGRICULTURE bake when dry, wash badly, take in water slowly, and dry out quickly. Thus soils that were once productive and fertile become in time so poor that they no longer produce paying crops. Must man, in order to keep up the humus supply, go back to nature's plan and take nothing from the soil? He will do well to study nature's plan, and imitate it as far as possible. All organic matter produced upon the farm should be returned to the soil. Cornstalks supply organic matter. They should not be burned; for in burning the organic
. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. 180 AGRICULTURE bake when dry, wash badly, take in water slowly, and dry out quickly. Thus soils that were once productive and fertile become in time so poor that they no longer produce paying crops. Must man, in order to keep up the humus supply, go back to nature's plan and take nothing from the soil? He will do well to study nature's plan, and imitate it as far as possible. All organic matter produced upon the farm should be returned to the soil. Cornstalks supply organic matter. They should not be burned; for in burning the organic matter is destroyed. They should be worked into the soil, where they will decay and form humus. Straw sup- plies organic matter, and therefore should not be Old straw stacks rotting in the field. Straw supplies organic matter and should not be burned or allowed to rot in the stack, but should be spread and worked into the soil to form humus. All manure produced by live stock supplies organic matter, and should be saved, spread upon the field, and worked into the soil. If not enough material can be returned to the soil in this way to keep up the supply of organic matter, then crops should be grown and plowed under for the purpose of furnishing this material to the soil. Crops grown and plowed under for the purpose of furnishing organic matter to the soil are known as green manuring crops. Green Manuring. The best green manuring crops for Kansas are cowpeas, soy beans, sweet clover, and red clover. These are the best green manuring crops because. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Call, Leland Everett, 1881- [from old catalog] comp; Kent, Harry Llewellyn, [from old catalog] joint comp. Topeka, The State of Kansas state printing plant
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