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fc'rft)©d'fcr(^, Jbetw^HifemallJs^i^Sef or i*«diPcPopim kh6 sf}pfit|- 

 and aigraiiil ci^p inithefeH.- 1 Do yon ask more' of any ^ 

 ^ab'l0 B^D«vito¥& Itiis rooi-evaflualilei than tHe-f'Ew^ii^b, 

 paiinip feropif and thisjordp^lbji Ui®8fei eoli^liflBnedi and [eimi* 

 asBtlyipract-Hfeaili (aartfltr^^ lestimaled aumitthUy'ati atilliroA. 

 of pouttdBstrirlwigioJlt isfd-dubiful if England cQuldtid'etit 

 We»tb© next <iwa yefdrtj if idepriVpd bf h^r turbipicropIT It 

 islthe fouwda*ien of ibep'sbckiaBdimaniiire prodilotionjiiifa. 

 eohttrasti'b^ the Suiutherbifleldl|)0a' with the Ei^glMsb^ttitbi^ 

 tsrdp'jiwei^gip to perceive jits IJmiBienSieivailue to soirthlflM 

 agriculture, and realize that too often, in reaching aftelilfbfr 

 «oV€!ailed< money cropsy we have heglected the ib^SS'Alrtitiiera. 

 l(ari well as food crop), ever given tlo thej^agrieditfiralwiorl^^ 

 .^iln considering ifthe present impoverished condition' of thfr 

 ilarads of the South, tye are forced to confess ^t is the wort 

 of itilage-^of injudicious, ruinous tillage. i'1^bei^eii*i«i 

 Mhdfyipredominates over -tillage, there islbut littJleileaki% 

 owtiof the eileinents of fertilityin a soilj and there iB nci es^- 

 timating how long they will tetfiain to supply thfe foo^ 

 necessary to a vigorous plant growth. The'grasses,'irvclii3- 

 fflkgi'cjoivferiiand pleas, are- the grdnd' elements for preseF^ing^ 

 and iadgmebting these ielepietits in th-c soil. Hence'iwesfefe 

 ■«lli bOBirtl'ieB' where bi|sbafldry prevails grow rich in feoii,. 

 |ia][:tii6u>lar]y il the tHJed portion of the tend is under a jtldi- 

 Bious sySt4m of rotationj Nowy tillage,! ori the aiiAple cuiti*- 

 Tatibn'of land; pots nothing- of any value in it; bttt'is, of 

 Aself, a necessary 'e»t7; evil ibecaase of jeirposiing the soil t6 

 «scorChingi°6urn,/plfteJnjieidJK;io^ ititoa mass of life'iesis ctod'^ 

 kod ie»posing( it toan exbaiistiog leaching process, v^wfei^ 

 takes'oot itfe very life blood. -« The deHner^nd long eointii^ 

 Hie icultxire, the more the injury to -the-landfropB th©dds|;iW*»- 

 tibniofatb hutnue,' and from the greatest of all derittadtis^ei. 

 iBOoMngiq The injiM-yiis-^augmefttedi' as the lafld is ildlliBg^ 

 akid;ii»i?okeuli fieilH^^o&ttc^i ^uad itobb«cO (llhe firkt >of '^n^i^ 



