CROPS AND METHODS FOR SOIL 

 IMPROVEMENT 



CHAPTER I 

 INTRODUCTION 



In Lieu of Preface. This book is not a tech- 

 nical treatise and is designed only to point out 

 the plain, every-day facts in the natural scheme 

 of making and keeping soils productive. It is 

 concerned with the crops, methods, and fertilizers 

 that favor the soil. The viewpoint, all the time, 

 is that of the practical man who wants cash com- 

 pensation for the intelligent care he gives to his 

 land. The farming that leads into debt, and not 

 in the opposite direction, is poor farming, no matter 

 how well the soil may prosper under such treat- 

 ment. The maintenance and increase of soil 

 fertility go hand in hand with permanent income 

 for the owner when the science that relates to 

 farming is rightly used. Experiment stations and 

 practical farmers have developed a dependable 



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