136 COTTON 



They provide a double value for us, and it is only 

 business to take it. 



The cotton farm should be open to live-stock, 

 then, and the seed or meal produced on the farm 

 should be consumed there by animals raised on the 

 farm. At present the Cotton Belt sends cotton 

 seed meal to all parts of the world, which is just 

 another way of saying it ships away plant food or 

 Cotton Belt soil to all parts of the world. Such a 

 practice leads to soil depletion. It may be followed 

 for a great many years without bringing its full 

 penalty on the heads of those who practice it, but 

 in the end it means death and destruction to the 

 land. 



YOU CAN MAKE FARM MANURES 



You are making some home-made manures, but 

 are you doing your best in this respect ? 

 What are your teams doing during the winter 

 months ? To be sure, most of them are idle. But 

 they need no rest. Keep them going the whole 

 winter long, some here, some there, gathering vege- 

 table matter wherever it is to be found. Haul this 

 in and pile it deep under horse and cow, and keep 

 up the work. It is the medicine the cotton soil 

 needs. No tonic will produce a change so quickly; 

 no prescription will so rapidly vitalize and build up 

 the soil system. 



THE COMPOST PILE 



You can make a compost pile, if you like. 

 Thousands of farmers believe in it. Thousands 

 do not. It is one of the knotty questions on the 

 farm. Perhaps there are two sides to the question ; 



