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ing cost of producing all the staple crops it is of the highest impor- 

 tance that the purchaser of land for general farming should select 

 those soils on which fertilizers may be used with the greatest degree 

 of economy and efficiency, conditions determined chiefly by the 

 physical properties of the type. 

 Approved. 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3, 1911. 



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