Diversified farming in the cotton Diversified farming in the cotton belt diversifiedfarmi00alfo Year: 1914 SOIL HAS LIFE AND LIMITATIONS reason why we have about one-fourth as many horses and mules as farmers in other sections of the country. We can save the milHons of dollars paid out for mules and horses each year and bring in milUons from the sale of mules and horses, but a greater profit will come from securing in this way sufficient work stock for economical crop production. What a One Crop System Means 1. Poor soil. 2. Small crops. 3. The credit system. 4. Work unevenly distributed. 5.
Diversified farming in the cotton Diversified farming in the cotton belt diversifiedfarmi00alfo Year: 1914 SOIL HAS LIFE AND LIMITATIONS reason why we have about one-fourth as many horses and mules as farmers in other sections of the country. We can save the milHons of dollars paid out for mules and horses each year and bring in milUons from the sale of mules and horses, but a greater profit will come from securing in this way sufficient work stock for economical crop production. What a One Crop System Means 1. Poor soil. 2. Small crops. 3. The credit system. 4. Work unevenly distributed. 5. Injurious insects and plant diseases. 6. Cotton money sent to other sections for farm products. 7. Scarce money and high rates of interest. 8. Poor people, poorly equipped farms, uncomfortable homes, bad roads, poorly paid teachers and preachers. How Soils Lose Plant Food 1. By washing. 2. By crops removed. 3. By leaching. How Plant Food Can Be Put Into the Soil 1. By growing and feeding leguminous crops. 2. By barnyard manure. 3. By applying commercial fertilizers. 4. By plowing under gi-een crops. 5. By plowing under corn and cotton stalks, oat and pea stubble, grass and weeds. The Holstein a good type of dairy cow
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