HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



shows the Bay State man in an enviable 

 position. 



But Professor Friday sees more in the 

 agricultural problem than economics. 

 The shift of the farm population, it i.s 

 commonly believed, takes its youth and 

 the best of it to the cities. He is not at 

 all certain that the most able farmers 

 leave the farms, but he points out that 

 the cieam of the country-born should stay 

 on the farm. 



To live there they must enjoy a culture 

 comparable to the literary, artistic and 

 musical opportunities of the city. "What 

 form of culture can a farmer and a 

 farmer's wife keep alive and still be 

 farmers?" he asked. Landscape garden- 

 ing- is one. The ideal of the gentleman 

 farmer is another to work toward, and 

 it is one that has persisted through the 

 ages. In the intellectual field, plant and 

 animal breeding, preoccupation with the 

 winds, sun and other forces of nature, the 

 study of history and its application in 

 political life is another. A farm culture 

 must be developed that can stand on its 

 own among other forms. 



With its material prosperity the 

 United States has brought more people 

 out of poverty than any other nation. 

 Note these facts in support of that state- 

 ment; that never more than .5, .500,000 

 people have paid income taxes in this 

 country, but that 15,000,000 drive auto- 

 mobiles. 



We are coming to a test of America's 

 democracy, he concluded. We must apply 

 it to her cultural life as successfully as it 

 has been applied to her political life. 

 You, as young farmers, are to develop 

 the literature, drama and general' culture 

 which will make American farming a 

 worthwhile existence. 



HOW MUCH LIME FOR 



ALFALFA 



County Agent Equipped to Test 

 Soils 



I have visited about 40 alfalfa fields 

 and tested the soil for acidity with the 

 "Soiltex" outfit within the past month. 

 I have found a direct correlation between 

 the chemical reaction of the soil and the 

 condition of the crop. In those cases 

 where the soil had been limed enough to 

 neutralize all the acidity in the plowed 

 surface, the crop was good. In those 

 cases wheie the application of lime was 

 not sufficient to neutralize all of the acid- 

 ity, the crop was poor, if not a complete 

 failure. 



Repeatedly I have tested soil in parts 

 of the field where the crop was good and 

 found it neutral and tested other samples 

 where the crop was poor, perhaps only 

 a few feet away, and found it acid. That 

 condition has occurred in many cases 

 where lime was sown as uniformly as 



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When we are young our muscles and brains learn to obey quite 

 easily; but as we grow old they grow stiff and set. 



What are you going to do next fall? 



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