FARM AND HOME MANAGEMENT 381 



The following ten commandments for southern 

 agriculture, as taught by the late Doctor Seaman A. 

 Knapp, will be of value to all who are interested in 

 southern farm management. 



TEN COMMANDMENTS OF AGRICULTURE 



"At an early period it was found necessary to 

 evolve from the mass of ethical teaching a few gen- 

 eral rules for living, called The Ten Commandments, 

 by which a man could be moral without going 

 through a course of theology. Just so, in order to in- 

 struct the average farmer how successfully to con- 

 duct his farm operations so as to secure a greater net 

 gain from the farm, it is necessary first to deduce 

 from the mass of agricultural teachings a few general 

 rules of procedure. They are called The Ten Com- 

 mandments of Agriculture, by the practice of which a 

 man may be a good farmer in any State without being 

 a graduate from a college of agriculture." 



1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly pulverized seed 

 bed, well drained ; break in the fall to the depth of 

 eight, ten or twelve inches, according to the soil with 

 implements that will not bring too much of the subsoil 

 to the surface (the foregoing depths should be reached 

 gradually). 



2. Use seed of the best variety, intelligently se- 

 lected and carefully stored. 



3. In cultivated crops, give the rows and the 

 plants in the rows a space suited to the plant, the 

 soil and the climate. 



4. Use intensive tillage during the growing per- 

 iod of the crops. 



