Agriculture for beginners . Oats rank fifth in value, potatoessixth, and tobacco seventh. (These figures are for 1913.) Success in growing any crop is largely due to the suit-ableness of soil and climate to that crop. When the planterselects both the most suitable soil and the most suitableclimate for each crop, he gets not only the most bountifulyield from the crop but, in addition, he gets the most desir-able quality of product. A little careful obser\-ation and studysoon teach what kinds of soil produce crops of the highestexcellence. This learned, the planter is able to grow in eachfield t
Agriculture for beginners . Oats rank fifth in value, potatoessixth, and tobacco seventh. (These figures are for 1913.) Success in growing any crop is largely due to the suit-ableness of soil and climate to that crop. When the planterselects both the most suitable soil and the most suitableclimate for each crop, he gets not only the most bountifulyield from the crop but, in addition, he gets the most desir-able quality of product. A little careful obser\-ation and studysoon teach what kinds of soil produce crops of the highestexcellence. This learned, the planter is able to grow in eachfield the several crops best adapted to that special type of soil. 178 FARM CROPS 179 Thus we have tobacco soils, trucking soils, wheat and cornsoils. Dairying can be most profitably followed in sectionswhere crops like cowpeas, clover, alfalfa, and corn are pecul-iarly at home. Xo one should try to grow a new crop inhis section until he has found out whether the crop whichhe wants to grow is adapted to his soil and his Fig. 1S2. Alfalfa in the StackThis is the second cutting of the season The figures below give the average amount of moneymade annually an acre on our chief crops : Flowers and plants, S1911; nursery products, $261;onions, Si40; sugar cane, S55 ; small fruits, Si 10; hops,$175 ; vegetables, S78 ; tobacco, $80; sweet potatoes, S55 ;hemp. S53 ; potatoes, S78 ; sugar beets, S54 ; sorghum cane,S22 ; cotton, S22 ; orchard fruits. Si 10; peanuts, S21; , S14 ; cereals, S14 ; hay and forage, Si i ; castor beans,$6 (United States Census Report). l8o AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS SECTION XXXV. COTTON Although cotton was cultivated on the Eastern continentbefore America was discovered, this crop owes its presentkingly place in the business world to the zeal and intelli-gence of its American growers. So great an influence doesit wield in modern industrial life that it is often called KingCotton. Thousands upon thousands of people scan the news-papers each day to see
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