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harrowing after each rain of any consequence I 

 prevent the escape of moisture. By plowing 

 early in the season (for summer fallow) I have my 

 food factory at work a long time, and under the 

 effect of the heat caused by the summer's sun, 

 a large amount of plant food is extracted from the 

 material plowed down or from the soil particles 

 and held in soluble form, which is the only form in 

 which plants can partake of the food. The richer 

 the food, the less each plant requires. 



" I tilled the soil which produced the prize wheat 

 as nearly as possible along the lines I have in- 

 dicated, and by sowing only a bushel to the acre, 

 did not crowd the plants, but each had a full 

 supply of rich food, the result was, the world's 

 best and heaviest wheat, over seventy-one pounds 

 to the bushel. The 1911 Prize Wheat weighed 

 sixty-five, the 1912, sixty-four. 



"I was greatly pleased at my wheat winning, 

 but I have greater pride in the knowledge that 

 the seed that produced the wheat has been brought 

 to such a state of perfection on our own farm, 

 after years of painstaking effort, under the joint 

 care of my wife and myself. I give full credit 

 to her for her share." 



