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ing it ordinary care and cultivating it often. I 

 was president of the Battle Creek College at the 

 time, and was carrying heavy work, so could put 

 only a little time each day in the garden. I did 

 not sow another crop on any piece of the ground 

 as soon as it was cleaned. I might have increased 

 the value of the products considerably by raising 

 two or three crops on a portion of it. 



"Afterwards, I got about a third of an acre 

 at Berrien Springs, Michigan, and cared for that 

 for two years in about the same way. I had some 

 fruit there. My own experience has been suffi- 

 cient to satisfy me that an acre of land cultivated 

 on the intensive plan will produce all the way 

 from $300 to $1000. I find that this is a very 

 common experience with those who can give the 

 proper attention to the soil. 



" I am convinced that there is very little syste- 

 matic farming done in the United States. The 

 most of the so-called farmers are simply robbers, 

 who continually take from the soil without build- 

 ing it up. In a short time the soil becomes ex- 

 hausted, and does not yield its strength. Then 

 they doctor it with ' patent medicine ' fertilizer. 



