A LIVING FROM THE LAND' 



Apply lime when soil test shows need for it as plant 

 food and general soil improver. 



Practice methods that make soils absorptive of mois- 

 ture and permit escape of excess water. 



Cultivate the soil to check escape of moisture and to 

 kill weeds. 



Use a horse or garden tractor for cultivation of areas 

 larger than the family garden. 



Don'ts 



Don't buy land that is continually wet and swampy. 

 Don't expect to produce satisfactory crops on soils 



that are extremely heavy or clayey or so sandy as 



to quickly lose moisture and fertility. 

 Don't try to produce crops without maintaining the 



humus supply in the soil. 

 Don't neglect cultivation as a means of conserving 



moisture, destroying weeds and stimulating root 



growth. 



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