176 A CHAPTER ON DON’T FORGETS 
Don’t Forcet — That it takes less than fifty years to 
farm out the fertility of the soil if none is added in the 
meantime. 
Don’r Forcet — That England’s soil, after a tillage of 
centuries, is as fertile to-day as in any stage of its exist- 
ence, kept so by sane methods of soil building. 
Don’t Forcet— That the entire prosperity of our 
country is founded on the fertility of our soil, and that 
he only is a patriot who lends his aid to conserve that 
fertility. 
Don’t Forcet — That the conservation of soil wealth 
means a full dinner pail in the hands of every working- 
man, a loaf of bread on every dining table and comfort- 
able clothing on every human body. 
Don’t Forcet— That the conservation and increas- 
ing of soil fertility means the building up of an empire 
in our Middle West, richer in power and splendor than 
any ever dreamed or imagined. 
Don’r Forcet— That environment and greed has 
made us soil robbers, that we must get away from that 
environment and greed or perish. 
Don’r Forcet — That he who gets closest to the soil 
reaps its richest reward. 
Don’r Forcet — That he only is a farmer who loves 
and feeds his soil. 
Don’t Forcet — That the proper feeding of the soil 
requires the exercise of a fertile brain. 
Don’t Forcet — That a farmer who does not love his 
soil will mistreat it. 
Don’t Forcet— That a soil robber is always a man 
of greed. 
