CHAPTER XVII. 
FARM-MADE MANURES : SAVING FERTILITY FOR THE 
SOIL 
There is an old saying that runs, 
" No grass, no cattle, 
No cattle, no manure, 
No manure, no grass," 
which contains so much good sense in a few words 
that it should become a memory gem in every rural 
school in the land. And it is especially applicable 
to cotton growing, for cotton lands need manure 
even to a greater extent than grass does. Next to 
tillage and good seed, farm-made manures are the 
crying needs of the Cotton Belt. These manures 
will do these things for the soil: 
(1) Add plant food 
(2) Unlock stored-up quantities of plant food 
(3) Increase the humus content 
(4) Improve the mechanical condition of the 
land. 
The importance of these factors in promoting the 
crop-producing efficiency of soils has been shown 
in previous chapters, and will be considered here 
only as they pertain to the production and use of 
farm-made manures, for we are concerned now 
with the use of additional plant food in potential 
and active forms. 
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