country will certainly bring on a 
famine, and we do not believe the 
time is very far distant. Every bless- 
ing God has given man he has 
wasted to satisfy his lusts, and now 
he must pay the penalty. 
Weeds,- Our Friends. 
- In tilling the soil it is of course 
necessary to have it bare for short 
periods, but some form of plant life 
or other substance should cover it 
as quickly as possible. My father 
observed, when I was a boy, that the 
neighbors who had the best gardens 
were those who allowed the weeds 
to cover them in the fall. But he did 
not profit by his observation for he 
always kept his garden free from 
weeds. The result was that he spent 
a great deal of time and money on 
that garden and never had a really 
good one. Far better let nature 
cover the soil with weeds than to 
leave it bare. When we have taken 
a crop from the soil, and do not in- 
tend to plant another soon, we sow 
@ cover crop or cover it lightly with 
organic matter, hay, straw, weeds, 
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