. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. d nitrogen. CHAPTER XVII. FABM-MADE MANURES: SAVING FERTILITY FOR THE SOIL There is an old saying that runs, No grass, no cattle, no manure, no grass,which contains so much good sense in a few wordsthat it should become a memory gem in every ruralschool in the land. And it is especially applicableto cotton growing, for cotton lands need manureeven to a greater extent than grass does. Next totillage and good seed, farm-made manures are thecrying needs of the Cotton Belt. These manureswil
. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. d nitrogen. CHAPTER XVII. FABM-MADE MANURES: SAVING FERTILITY FOR THE SOIL There is an old saying that runs, No grass, no cattle, no manure, no grass,which contains so much good sense in a few wordsthat it should become a memory gem in every ruralschool in the land. And it is especially applicableto cotton growing, for cotton lands need manureeven to a greater extent than grass does. Next totillage and good seed, farm-made manures are thecrying needs of the Cotton Belt. These manureswill do these things for the soil: (1) Add plant food (2) Unlock stored-up quantities of plant food (3) Increase the humus content (4) Improve the mechanical condition of theland. The importance of these factors in promoting thecrop-producing efficiency of soils has been shownin previous chapters, and will be considered hereonly as they pertain to the production and use offarm-made manures, for we are concerned nowwith the use of additional plant food in potentialand active forms. (134). SOILS AND THEIR IMPROVEMENT. A old field at the bottom; at the top a field which has kept its virginlertility through proper rotation and the growth of legumes.
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