CAMPBELL'S SOIL CULTURE MANUAL 



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a man familiar with what is going on around him, and yet 

 intensely devoted to his own work. 



In order that we may realize our fondest hopes as to 

 the future of our country our farmers must be men who are 

 capable of developing their industry to its fullest extent. 



FEASTING TIME. 

 Watermelons Raised in Lincoln County, Col., by the Campbell System. 



This ability must have a scientific basis. It need not be 

 wrapped up in terms so strange that the farm lad may 

 turn away in despair. Science requires only words that 

 we can all understand. But I am sure that if the young 

 men and women of today would throw away that old 

 delusive idea that soils produce just in proportion to the 

 sunshine and rainfall and that these are matters of chance, 



