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up this work in earnest and give their best endeavors to the study of 

 the great science. New fields for enterprise will open up. Yet un- 

 developed lands of new countries, even the older countries of Europe 

 and Asia, must feel the spell of new-found knowledge, and in time will 

 come the call for educated and capable men to show the way. Already 

 Australia has sounded the trumpet call for advanced agricultural educa- 

 tion and looked to this country for men to start the work. And what 

 other land shall be more fitted to supply the materials than this, we may 

 say, the cradle of scientific farming? 



Such were some of "Hayseed's" thoughts strolling through a fair 

 ground. As one thought suggests another, so on "ad infinitum" over the 

 ever expanding field of agricultural life. As I pass out again into the busy 

 city with its crowds of men rushing to and fro one may well ask, "What 

 is the real end of all this?" Primarily and almost entirely in most cases 

 the rush is after sustenance of life; and here again one's thoughts revert 

 to the farm, the source of all sustenance. See these long rows of cars 

 loaded with the products of the farm, bringing food to the teeming mil- 

 lions of the cities. Take them away, cut off the food supply and the 

 most beautiful city on earth would become an appalling spectacle of 

 famine and misery. With so much resting on the products of the farm, 

 surely agriculture is a study for the highest intellect and the noblest 

 calling that man can follow. As time goes on bringing year after year 

 new knowledge and applying other scientific means for the working 

 out to the full of all the opportunities in agriculture then indeed shall 

 it become the "Master Science." 



THE MANURE SPREADER ON GRASS LANDS. 



Breeders' Gazette. 

 To The Gazette: It may be of timely interest to the readers of the 

 Gazette to read the record of our attempts to build up worn-out pastures. 

 A few suggestions as to the treatment of pastures during the critical 

 early spring months of March and April may be also of value. During 

 the severe drouth of last summer and fall nearly all the pasture grasses 

 on knolls and thin soil were killed out. In spite of some advice to the 

 contrary our manure spreader was kept at work. Besides the daily 

 stable cleanings which are dumped directly from the stable door into the 

 spreader standing beneath a trap door, every pile of manure about the 

 sheds and feed lots was scattered thinly and evenly over the burned 

 pastures. Not a load was allowed to start out without a peck or more of 

 seed, gathered from loft floors or mangers, being thoroughly mixed with 

 the manure. A few light showers during August and later produced a 

 magic effect upon all these fertilized spots. During all the fall months 

 they remained green and were almost the only grass-producing tracts on 

 the farm aside from the well-shaded areas and a few acres of pasture 

 upon which stock had not been turned until late. The covering of grass 

 on this piece served to retain sufficient moisture to keep it alive. 



