. Agriculture and the farming business . of much of the soil resulting fromsingle cropping, commercial fertilizers will need to be freelyused in many southern regions. Local needs and conditionsmust always govern in the selection and application of thefertilizer, and the help of scientists from the state agricul-tural college or the United States Department of Agricul-ture should be freely used. Fall plowing.—Alost of the southern land should begiven fall plowing from eight to fourteen inches in will enable the soil to breathe, taking the place ofthe freezing of the soil in the Nort
. Agriculture and the farming business . of much of the soil resulting fromsingle cropping, commercial fertilizers will need to be freelyused in many southern regions. Local needs and conditionsmust always govern in the selection and application of thefertilizer, and the help of scientists from the state agricul-tural college or the United States Department of Agricul-ture should be freely used. Fall plowing.—Alost of the southern land should begiven fall plowing from eight to fourteen inches in will enable the soil to breathe, taking the place ofthe freezing of the soil in the North. It also permits theseed bed to absorb the rains of the fall and winter andconserve them for the next seasons crop. On deep fall-plowed land southern crops flourish in dry winters, becausethe plants are strong and have great feeding areas for theroot system. They also do better on deep-plowed soil dur-ing the rainy winters because of improved drainage. Fallplowing prevents washing and leaching of the soils during 158 AGRICULTURE AND. A stalk of prolific corn well adapted to southern agriculture. THE FARMING BUSINESS 159 the winter, and lessens the burden of work during the rushof spring farming. Winter cover crops.—In the southern states thewinter cover crop is one of the important factors in goodfarm management. This is because the soil needs to becovered to protect it from the winds of the winter monthsand to save it from washing and leaching. The cover cropalso furnishes forage for stock. In the spring of the yearthe forage crop can be plowed under to fertilize the , cow-peas, the vetches, Japan clover and a num-ber of different grasses are being successfully used for win-ter cover crops. Terracing of hillsides.—Thin clay soils or sandy roll-ing land should be protected against washing rains. Ter-races are usually arranged so as to break the long slope ofthe hillside. All hillside land should be plowed deep andcultivation should all be done on a paralle
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