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methods of farming, and especially make a study of soil 

 culture, and determine for himself by intelligent reason- 

 ing, if he can not easily double his crop yield. 



In the past few years prosperity has abounded. There 

 is no question as to the close relationship between general 

 prosperity and the steady production of the farms. When 

 there is an abundance of farm produce going into the 

 markets of the world all business thrives. That in the 

 United States this constant prosperity covering a period 

 of years has been due largely to the fact that the farmers 

 have been successful in their efforts to greatly increase 

 the per acre yield of their land is also beyond any question. 



Every farmer should consider what it means to him 

 individually to double his crops. He should also consider 

 how important it is to make sure of good crops no matter 

 what the conditions may be. This is what scientific soil 

 culture does. 



But we can never have much better farming until 

 farmers content themselves with fewer acres for each one. 

 There has been all too much spreading out so that one 

 man tills, or directs the tillage, of many thousands of 

 acres. Land greed has been the curse of farming. The 

 farmer can no more do his best while trying to cultivate 

 a thousand acres than by confining himself to a two-acre 

 lot. He must have enough, but not too much. 



Better farming means better farms, more comfortable 

 farm homes, happier farm families, better citizenship, 

 more nearly the ideal simple life. 



