. Boone County Recorder . GRAIN FARMING AND STOCK RAISING. Farm scene where crop residues are returned. There has always been a strong be-lief among farmers in general thateoll fertility can not be maintained un-less stock raising is a part of the farmpractice. They have recognized thenecessity for returning to the land atleast part of what has beenrproducedfrom it, and the only practical way todo this haB seemed to be by the uboof animal manures^ While we continue to recognize thegreat value of manure, we now knowthat fertility can be maintained justas easily without its use as with it,and th
. Boone County Recorder . GRAIN FARMING AND STOCK RAISING. Farm scene where crop residues are returned. There has always been a strong be-lief among farmers in general thateoll fertility can not be maintained un-less stock raising is a part of the farmpractice. They have recognized thenecessity for returning to the land atleast part of what has beenrproducedfrom it, and the only practical way todo this haB seemed to be by the uboof animal manures^ While we continue to recognize thegreat value of manure, we now knowthat fertility can be maintained justas easily without its use as with it,and that exclusive grain farming isentirely practical where the topogra-phy of the land does not compel mostof It to be kept in pasture to preventerotlon. Where this is the case, stockfarming Is a necessity and no othersystem should be attempted. Grain farming 1b different from stockfarming chiefly In the manner in?which the supply of organic matterand nitrogen Is maintained. When a mineral element, such asphosphorus or calcium is deficient,both the stock fa
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