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COTTON 
They provide a double value for us, and it is only 
business to take it. 
The cotton farm should be open to live-stock, 
then, and the seed or meal produced on the farm 
should be consumed there by animals raised on the 
farm. At present the Cotton Belt sends cotton 
seed meal to all parts of the world, which is just 
another way of saying it ships away plant food or 
Cotton Belt soil to all parts of the world. Such a 
practice leads to soil depletion. It may be followed 
for a great many years without bringing its full 
penalty on the heads of those who practice it, but 
in the end it means death and destruction to the 
land. 
YOU CAN MAKE FARM MANURES 
You are making some home-made manures, but 
are you doing your best in this respect? 
What are your teams doing during the winter 
months ? To be sure, most of them are idle. But 
they need no rest. Keep them going the whole 
winter long, some here, some there, gathering vege- 
table matter wherever it is to be found. Haul this 
in and pile it deep under horse and cow, and keep 
up the work. It is the medicine the cotton soil 
needs. No tonic will produce a change so quickly; 
no prescription will so rapidly vitalize and build up 
the soil system. 
THE COMPOST PILE 
You can make a compost pile, if you like. 
Thousands of farmers believe in it. Thousands 
do not. It is one of the knotty questions on the 
farm. Perhaps there are two sides to the question; 
