MEN INFLUENTIAL IN IMPROVING AGRICULTURE. 29 



In general, it is not the man who knows the most who is most successful, but 

 the man who imparts an implicit belief in his message. 



Agriculture in most sections consists simply in a series of motions inherited 

 from Adam. 



This learning agriculture (which is a compound of the following ingredients— 

 one-eighth science, three-eighths art, and one-half business methods) out of a 

 book is like reading up on the handsaw and jackplane and hiring out for a 

 carpenter. 



These mechanic farmers now reside in a town or city, live out of a canned 

 garden, and milk a tin cow. 



The great battles of the future will be industrial. 



We are now prepared for the accomplishment of what we have so earnestly 

 sought, the placing of rural life upon a plane of profit, of honor, and power. 



The least worthy monument to a man is a granite block or a marble shaft. 

 They represent the dead man's money and the kindness of friends. The true 

 monument is what the man has accomplished in life. It may be a better gate, 

 or house, or farm, or factory ; put his name on it and let it stand for him. 



800 PER CENT BIGGER PROFITS FOR THE SOUTHERN FARMER. 



I estimate that there is a possible 800 per cent increase in the productive 

 power of the farm laborer in the average Southern State, and I distribute the 

 gain as follows: 

 300 per cent to the use of more and better mules and farm machinery ; 

 200 per cent to the production of more and better stock ; 

 150 per cent to a rotation of ci'ops and better tillage; 

 50 per cent to better drainage; 



50 per cent to seed of higher vitality, thoroughbred, and carefully selected; 

 50 per cent to the abundant use of legumes and the use of more economic 

 plants for feeding stock. 



KNAPP'S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 



(1) Prepare a deep and thoroughly pulverized seed bed, well drained; break 

 in the fall to a depth of 8, 10, or 12 inches, according to the soil, with imple- 

 ments that will not bring too much of the subsoil to the surface. (The fore- 

 going depths should be reached gradually, if the field is broken with an ordinary 

 turning plow. If a disk plow is used, it is safe to break to the above depths 

 at once.) 



(2) Use seed of the best variety, intelligently selected and carefully stored. 



(3) In cultivated crops give the rows and the plants in the rows a space suited 

 to the plant, the soil, and the climate. 



(4) Use intensive tillage during the growing period of the crops. 



(5) Secure a high content of humus in the soil by the use of legumes, barn- 

 yard manure, farm refuse, and commercial fertilizers. 



(6) Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a winter cover crop on south- 

 ei'n farms. 



(7) Accomplish more work in a day by using more horse power and better 

 implements. 



(8) Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilizing all the waste products 

 and idle lands of the farm. 



(9) Produce all the food required for the men and animals on the farm. 



(10) Keep an account of each farm product, in order to know from which the 

 gain or loss arises. 



