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soil towards fertility, it’s the keeping at it that furnishes 
the momentum that accomplished results. 
Don’r Forcet— That it is said that the net income 
of the average farmer is greater than the net income of 
the average city man, but that average cannot be main- 
tained without increasing the fertility of the soil. 
Don’t Forcet — That much of soil building is being 
done like he who is trying to pull a two-horse load with 
one horse hitched to the end of the tongue. 
Don’t Forcet— That you cannot build up your soil 
as long as you continue to carry to the barn everything 
that grows upon it. 
Don’t Forcet— That covering the soil with green 
crops is one of the farmer’s best methods of soil building. 
Don’t ForceT— That organic matter gone up into 
smoke leaves no residue of value to the soil. 
Don’t Forcet — That crop rotation is a gay deceiver. 
Don’t Forcet — That it has been said that the soil is 
a living thing. The better reason why it should be fed. 
Don’t Forcer— That prosperous looking farms and 
farm buildings are but the reflex of a fertile soil. 
Don’t Forcet — That the man behind the plow is no 
longer a force in a community when his plow is turning 
infertile or worn-out soil. 
Don’t Forcet— That it is folly to select and plant 
good seed in soil too poor to grow and mature them to a 
paying crop. 
Don’r Forcer— That the men who once grew big 
crops on our worn-out soils were poor farmers or else 
these soils would now be rich in fertility. 
Don’t Forcet— That the policy of properly feeding 
