CHAPTER XIV 
THE AUTHOR’S METHOD OF RESTORING WORN AND 
WORN-OUT SOILS 
T is said you cannot “eat your cake and yet have 
it.” So some will say you cannot restore worn-out 
soils and at the same time grow profitable crops 
upon them. That worn-out soils can only be restored 
by expensive methods and years must elapse before any 
profitable crops can be grown upon them. 
The author has demonstrated that you can “eat your 
cake and yet have it.” That worn-out soils can be re- 
stored and yet at the very time you are engaged in the 
process of restoring them you can grow profitable crops 
upon them. 
When he came into possession of his “ Vetchfalfa 
Farm,” it was, as heretofore stated, one of the poorest 
in the county. In the entire six years he has owned it, 
he has made it pay each year, after deducting all ex- 
penses and taxes, a profit of 6 per cent. per annum. 
He has increased its value from $75 per acre to $150 per 
acre, for he has been offered the latter sum for it. 
So if the author had placed in his possession worn or 
worn-out soils he would proceed to restore them in the 
following manner: 
If he lived in the vicinity of a canning factory that 
canned peas and sugar corn, he would first see that the 
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