plane and hiring out for a carpenter." Though books will 

 ,not accomplish much for the older people, boys and girls grow- 

 ing up in our schools should be trained to make use of bulle- 

 tins, farm papers, and books. No more valuable lesson than 

 Dr. Knapp's ten commandments of agriculture can bo taught 

 in country schools. 



The Ten Commandments of Agriculture " 



1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly pulverized seed bed well 

 drained. 



2. Use seed of the best variety, intelligently selected and 

 carefully stored. 



3. In cultivated crops give the rows and plants in the row 

 a space suited to the plant, the soil, and the climate. 



47 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 fer- 

 tilizers. 



6. Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a winter cov- 

 er crop on southern farms. 



7. Accomplish more in a day's work by using more horsd 

 power and better implements. 



8. Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilizing all the 

 waste products and idle lands on the farm. 



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

 the farm. 



10. Keep an account of each farm product, in order to know 

 from which gain arises, and from which loss. 



Better Farming Through Knowledge.* It has been esti- 

 mated that weeds cost the United States $300,000,000 per year. 

 They mean waste and loss in time, money, and effort. They 

 adapt themselves to soil, climate, and the surroundings. They 

 spread easily because they seed profusely, they distribute 

 themselves readily, the seeds are usually long livefl, and they 

 stay right on the job all of the time. Children in the rural 

 schools should be taught to recognize the weeds in the neigh- 

 borhood. They should be taught that weeds are spread in im- 



* Adapted from Lecture on weeds prepared by International Harvester Co. 



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