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FARM CROPS 



consequently the unavailable plant food is not ren- 

 dered assimilable. 



If the plow is turned loose in these soils, and the 

 land carefully and thoroughly tilled and cultivated 

 and at the same time if organic matter is freely 

 returned through cowpeas, clover and the stable 

 manures, soils will quickly change from their un- 

 productive condition into that 

 other state which produces 

 remunerative crops. Where 

 the soil is poor, the crops are 

 poor, and poor crops permit 

 only poor live stock. 



But the ideal agriculture 

 maintains itself. Every sys- 

 tem of farming should con- 

 sist of both plant production 

 and the feeding of animals. 

 The importance of this is seen 

 from the following: Clover, 

 cowpeas, alfalfa and other 

 BEGGAR WEED legumes are needed to build 



in the sandy lands along the very kinds of CrOOS WC 

 the gulf coast. It re- , < i 



quires a warm soil and Want lor horses, Cattle, sheep 

 rather moist. It is j I-KT 1 11 



splendid for hay and and swine. We should grow 



poses. renovatins pur ' such crops to improve the soil 



and thereby get larger yields 



of grain, forage and grass crops to obtain plants 



rich in feeding constituents. 



CATTLE FOODS THAT HELP THE LAND 



Natural manures and fertilizers are needed for im- 

 proving the soil. The more live stock we have, the 



