HE farmer of the past scorned the study 
of scientific agriculture. He found 
the soil rich in the elements that pro- 
duce storehouses of riches. He touched it 
with the wand of greed and neglect—it was 
strangled with its wasted fertility. 
HE modern farmer became a student 
WH of scientific agriculture. He found 
the soil depleted and despoiled of its 
fertility. He touched it with the wand of 
his knowledge—it became rich in the ele- 
ments that produce a hundredfold. 
HERE grows in Nature’s Garden the 
plants with which the farmer can re- 
store his sick, worn-out soils. ‘These 
plants are the silent working forces of 
Nature that do their work better than any 
artificial agency devised by man; thus it 
behooves us to study Nature’s way of doing 
things. 
“Accuse not Nature, she hath done her 
part. Do thou but thene.’—Multon. 
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