FIELD AND FLOWER 

 GARDEN 



SOME PRACTICAL HINTS FOR THEIR BETTERMENT 



MANY have thought that decreased yields 

 are always due to the exhaustion of 

 certain chemicals from the soil. This 

 is not always the case. In fact, it is seldom that de- 

 creased yields are due to the lack of plant food. 



Plant origination, the highest type of work with 

 plants, has shown the underlying principles of 

 soils and their use. The results of fifty years' work 

 in getting big results from the soil are here 

 summed up in such a way as to show the 

 underlying principles of crop production. 



These principles are applicable on every farm, 

 and may be applied in increasing the yield of 

 any crop. 



Years ago farming and gardening were "hit or 

 miss" performances. Farmers tried methods be- 

 cause some one else had used them, and but few 

 of them knew the reasons for any of the operations. 



[VOLUME X CHAPTER IX] 



