. The business of farming . lled to have their children to herdtheir cattle along the roadsides that they mightgraze the little dried up blue grass that had es-caped the ravages of drouth. Why did they notimitate the example set before them? It was forsome of the reasons stated. We make a mistake by not feeding our soilsenough organic matter. In feeding organic mat-ter to soils we must somewhat follow the rules ofstock feeding. No animal will grow to maturityin a first class and profitable condition unless ithas been constantly fed sufficient and the rightkind of food. We can not feed to-day a
. The business of farming . lled to have their children to herdtheir cattle along the roadsides that they mightgraze the little dried up blue grass that had es-caped the ravages of drouth. Why did they notimitate the example set before them? It was forsome of the reasons stated. We make a mistake by not feeding our soilsenough organic matter. In feeding organic mat-ter to soils we must somewhat follow the rules ofstock feeding. No animal will grow to maturityin a first class and profitable condition unless ithas been constantly fed sufficient and the rightkind of food. We can not feed to-day and starveto-morrow and expect profitable results. It is thesame with our wearing soils. One dose or feedof organic matter every three or four years isnot sufficient, for organic matter in the soil isconsumed in plant growth so fast that its supplyis soon exhausted unless some method has beeninaugurated upon the farm by which constantsupplies can be secured to the soil. Thereforethe system of animal and green manuring we es-. OUE WOEN SOILS 77 tablisli must be sucli a one that furnishes the or-ganic matter in abundance each year. We neednot fear an over production of organic matter forour soils. It is easy to provide upon every farm a systemthat will furnish each year an abundance of or-ganic matter. When cultivation has been finishedin the corn crop, sow one and one-half bushels ofrye to the acre or forty pounds of hairy vetch tothe acre, or a mixture of one bushel of rye andtwenty pounds of hairy vetch to the acre, and anabundance of the best organic matter obtainablewill be furnished in time for plowing under in thefollowing spring. After wheat harvest disc up the stubble and sowhungarian and you will have a fine crop of organicmatter for turning under in the fall to follow withwheat. Or if the stubble ground is wanted forcorn the next season, then disc up and sow to ryeor hairy vetch, or a mixture of the two. By alittle thought, a little planning, quite a good deal ofenergy
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