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say, the thrifty, successful manipulator of the soil will not 

 permit its desirable quality to deteriorate will keep it up. 



We once had, in connection with one of our leading state 

 institutions, one who taught the doctrine publicly that use 

 and tillage of Nebraska soil would not detract from its 

 productive characteristics, or in any way impoverish it. 

 He is not now with us, thanks to better and more intelli- 

 gent management. 



While I believe, with good treatment, the soil peculiar 

 to the great slope reaching from the base of the Rocky 

 mountains to the Missouri river will continue to reward 

 the intelligent husbandman with crop yield in abundance, 

 and longer without perceptible diminution than almost any 

 other, the Creator never made a soil that would not depre- 

 ciate and eventually wear out, without recuperative efforts 

 on the part of the tiller. To expect otherwise would be to 

 ask Him to set aside His fixed laws to accommodate an 

 already bounteously provided for section of country. We 

 may as reasonably expect that a single bank deposit might 

 be drawn from for all time without replenishing. In plain 

 parlance, soil needs to be fed the same as cattle and hogs, 

 if like results are sought to be obtained. 



