. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. And now we come tohumus. So many of oursoils need it. There is littlehope of making them highlyproductive until humus isput into them again. Thegrowing of cultivated cropslike corn or cotton deterio-rates the soil, not only be-cause plant food is takenout or washed away, and thephysical condition of the l^oo\^h\ro^ife Usf at St ^^^ ^^jured, but also bccauseleft. B
. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. And now we come tohumus. So many of oursoils need it. There is littlehope of making them highlyproductive until humus isput into them again. Thegrowing of cultivated cropslike corn or cotton deterio-rates the soil, not only be-cause plant food is takenout or washed away, and thephysical condition of the l^oo\^h\ro^ife Usf at St ^^^ ^^jured, but also bccauseleft. Both ai^e excellent the Vegetable matter is used for pasture and nay. They a i • are specially desirable in up. All kinds of Stubble and permanent pastures, as , ^ both are of long duration. WeCdS, ClOVCr roOtS, Stable Both are well known in , the South and in the semi- manure and green manure|rSsfbef„g V^ia to°?l: are needed to supply the ex-grtS of%heTai?ie?* hansted vegetable matter, and bring the soils back tothe productive condition that they were in beforethe plant food and humus were drawn out. WHAT THE TILLER MUST DO If, then, land is to be made rich and kept rich,the tiller must keep these things in mind: He must. MEADOW FESCUE ANDBROME GRASSThe meadow fescue is HOW ROTATIONS HELP OUT I9 plow deep. This is not true of all soils; but old,dead, hard clay lands or loams will be improvedgreatly in texture, in water-holding capacity, and infeeding area for roots if the plow be sent into thesoil. He must cultivate shallow. The cultivator isto kill weeds, to conserve moisture, to aerate thesoil. If the cultivator be run deeper than two orthree inches for most crops, the roots are likely tobe injured; and to injure the roots is to lessen thefeeding capacity of the plants. THE GROWING OF GRASSES Under usual conditions the farmer should growlive stock; and to do this successfully and econom-ically he should have either a part of his farm inpermanent pasture or he should prac
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