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great calling of earning your living from the 

 soil, could not have chosen a better moment for 

 entrance. Keep in touch with the Department 

 of Agriculture. It is your department, a sort 

 of college or training school which you maintain, 

 and anything you want to know the Department 

 will gladly try to tell you. If you want to know 

 what is best for you to plant on your patch, 

 send a sample of your soil, tell where your farm 

 is located, what are your means and experience, 

 and the suggestions made will fit your particular 

 case. If you send any of your requests, whether 

 for advice or for bulletins, addressed simply to 

 the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C, you will get a reply, and will find out who 

 is the head of the special department your re- 

 quest was referred to. The Department is 

 doing needed work, and by corresponding with 

 them and getting advice, you can give proof of 

 your interest. 



