178 A CHAPTER ON DON’T FORGETS 
Don’t Forcet— That soil building is the most vital 
problem of the age. 
Don’t Forcet— That the legume crops furnish the 
“balanced ration” needed for soils. 
Don’t Forcet — That a breathing soil means a living, 
fruitful crop. That soil cannot breathe unless it is 
ditched and full of organic matter. 
Don’t Forcet— That the ratio of increase of your 
soil will be in proportion to your interest in scientific 
farming. 
Don’t Forcet — That the great secret of soil restora- 
tion is to keep your soil busy growing crops for both 
harvesting and plowing under. 
Don’t Forcet — That the soil that produces the poor- 
est crops is like an inferior farm product —it doesn’t 
bring the price. 
Don’t Forcet — That improved agriculture is brought 
about by fertile brains as well as fertile fields. 
Don’t ForcerT— That when Nature built the original 
soil she used a lavish supply of organic matter in its 
construction. 
Don’t Forcet — That to pull every day a full two- 
horse load requires two horses well fed and groomed. 
To make the soil pull its load of good crops it must be 
fed and groomed each day. 
Don’t Forcer— That the real farmer is one who 
manages so as to put back each year into the soil more 
fertility than was extracted from it by growing crops. 
Don’t Forcet — That the bedrock of the paying farm 
is soil, well fed. 
Don’t Forcet — That your success in soil restoration 
