Il6 TALKS ABOUT THE SOIL. 



condition than you found it. You cannot rob the soil, 

 and hope to escape all punishment. Your children's 

 children will resent your theft in their poverty, and, 

 when they learn the truth of all these things we have 

 been considering, will remember you only with shame. 

 There is no excuse in this matter. A simple experi- 

 ment, well planned and faithfully carried out, will tell 

 you what to do. It is not a deep science fit only 

 for the schoolmen. It means only experiment, experi- 

 ment, and experiment. Try things, and learn, and, 

 having learned, do what is right by your soil ; and it 

 will return all your labor in full measure, running over, 

 and your children will inherit the land as a well-kept 

 trust and blessing. 



