CHAPTER XXVII. 



FERTILIZERS. 



A FERTILIZER is something added to the 

 soil in order to increase the crop yield. 

 Chemical fertilizers are very valuable 

 when very intelligently used — ^but look out for 

 them. People seem to have a great love for all 

 sorts of comphcated ways of doing things that 

 nature will do naturally, and any one who pro- 

 poses unnatural processes like vaccination, or 

 hke medicining the soil, should be required to 

 make a very strong case for it. 



Besides, you remember the story about the 

 darkey who has been playing poker. He said: 



" Tell you, boys, I dun los' a heap o' money 

 las' night." 



" How much, Mose?" 



"A hunnerd and eight-seben dollahs an' 

 fohteen cents." 



" Golly! dat wuz a heap o' money." 



" Yas, siree, and de wust ob it wuz, de fohteen 

 cents wuz cash." 



So it is with the boughten fertilizers. Sooner 

 or later they have to be paid for in cash. The 

 outgo is certain, but the income not so certain. 

 Therefore, be sure you know just what you are 

 doing, and why, before you buy. Of course 



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