DIFFERENT HANDLING OF SOILS 



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This sample of clay and the soils illustrated on pages 41, 43, 

 45 and 47 were taken from the same farm, comprising 240 acres. 

 These entirely different soils coming from one farm offer the strongest 

 evidence that every farmer should thoroughly understand soil composi- 

 tion. A careful examination will reveal the similarity of the speci- 

 mens to the land being plowed. 



The same peculiarities of the clay soil in this plowed ground obtain in 

 the specimen above. Finely pulverized earth is not to be seen. 



moisture longer than any other kind of soil with the 

 possible exception of peat; bakes hardest; forms 

 clods easiest and cracks into deeper fissures, per- 



