The progressive farmer., 1901-12-03
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hu0 'tldb BID Anu al UT pE6pd' ing ~
puts it in the tomato can and sc tls
up for the purpose of keeping 1t fr' n
deoaying and decomp"sing Nov
that il the same way we have treated
our soils; we have canned them up
by taking out organic matter, y
shallO v pIuwIng, and by arrlessnes'
in tilIage, until these soils are hare
and baked and dead, to such an ex
tent the air no longer enters freely
and oons' quently the unavailable
plant food il not rendered assimila
BILE.
HOW TO MAKE THIS OCKED UP FERTIL
ITY AVAILABLE
Let Us once turn the plOw share
loose in these soils, and carefully
and thoroughly till and cultivate,
and get organic matter back in them
by G owing cow peas and clover, and
they will change from their unprO
ductive condition into she kind that
will produce remuI erative crops.
mention this matter of soil i'm
provement heouu>e it il the very
basis of animal hus bandry. With ii
poor soil, we have poor or"ps or poor
plant growth, which means poor
cattle, hogs and sht ED.
We Can start in live stock hus
bandry, however, With the soil con
dition as is is. Manure and or"p
production to furnish proper te d
will quickly build up the soil No.
as TO d tinAl @ Dnslderati N of the re-
latiOn between the soil and plant,
and with the animal let Us tee how
CLOSELY thev blend
SOIL IMPROVE EVENT AND STOCK RAISING
GO HAND IN HAND.
1 We net d clover and COW peas t ,
build up the soil. But those are the
very oroIs We want for cattle, shee.
and vine Grow these Drops the 8,
improve the soil and there " se
plants rich in fee ling constituents
2. We iced Natural mAnures and
fertilizers fer rmuroving the soil.
The more Catt'e g and sheep and swine
we have, the more we have If ma
nures. The COmmt rcial fer ilz-r
bill is our gre .test tax But 1t is tn
q great extent unnecessary, and if
busir q Ss like agriculture is folio we'd,
chemicals will be- needed only TO
limited extent. | like tO purchase
fertilizers in form Of feeding Stu6s
Take Il dollar and Purchase your UDB
ton st ed or cotton reed meal, but in
stead of applying them din ect tD she
soil, first tre t en- to live -tnck and
ges she UGiue Of the organized cOndi
tiOn of the elements Inc only differ
enC e e ween plant food or fertil zerr
and animal food Or plants lies In the
fact that the plant takes unorgan-
lied chemical elements and manufa
lures or bui ds them into organized
tissue, which Is the plant or the trult
Of the plant. We Jan feed the plant
then or tie fruit of RI plant 60 live
sioux and se5 meat or mix or butter
or wool from the orgHniN d tlss, e,
and the animal returns tu IL e sol
the very chemical elements that the
plant originally CON tained, only In d
condition, 1Ohich is the !
on q t0ay pLuTatS can use tor d no =
growth. L, Ideal agriculture shen |
main tains ltse. I: the plant feeds the |
the animal zee Is the plant |
3. The animal changes raw mate
rails into finished products. The
corn and grass and COW peas and
glover and cotton seeI make up bal
1noed raTIODs for all kinds OF live
stock. Yet tLey are sImply raw
1N e pounds of grass and corn stover
and cotton seeI meal, which has Il
value of but ten cents and from that
she will r. dLce two pOunOs or but
ter worth fifty. To illustrate little
further: The writer ted COW last
year hay, ensllage and grain, whioh
post about $40, and from tn It
forty dollars of raw material she
produced 624 pounds of butter that
we, sold Tor $1j6. Over one hun
dred dollars Pr, ti5 resulted from u
chans e Ot raw ma teIiaIinto Il finished
product! That Is tue cue for Us 10
take In the South. We can produce
raw materials or food stLffs Le-QeI
for the best growth of the animal
cheaper than any other plaC In the
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