THE YOUNG FARMER 



other forage crops, thus reducing the 

 amount of land plowed annually and at the 

 same time decreasing the exhaustion of the 

 land, provided the forage crops are fed to 

 live stock upon the farm. 



There is an old Flemish proverb which 

 reads : 



"No grass, no cattle; 

 No cattle, no manure; 

 No manure, no crops." 



The point of this proverb is that good 

 grass is the basis of good agriculture. In- 

 vestigations have shown that one may go 

 farther and say that one of the most ready 

 means of increasing the crop-producing 

 power of the soil is by adding fertilizers to 

 grass land. The large number of plants per 

 acre enables the plants to utilize the ferti- 

 lizer to the highest degree, and plowing 

 under the resulting dense sod is one of the 

 most effective methods of enriching the soil. 



(6) Animals require constant care, thus 



making possible a more constant use of labor 



and other capital. The wheat farmer of 



North Dakota sows his wheat in April and 



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