Putnam patriot., 1911-02-24
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What Doctor Knapp wants fafm boys To understand may be briefly summarized as follows.
 More accurate drainage Of the soil, blowing Of soil 10 protect the suosoil; the proper making of seed beds. study of seeds and effort to secure the highest grade proper tilling Of the soil during the growing period study of all kinds of fertilizers Tor he soil, so th4t yield of crops may be enriched, and the soil be prevented from dying out: study oi rotation or change in crops that the soil may have needed rest; stu iying methods of work >o that more may 1e accomplished each day than al pres ent ghe pfod 8e35oa of all food for peo- pte aud animals on the farm ey the iatm ii,el; tile keeping of a book ae. count on each lslm product so thal lo>- and gam eac- year may be noted and etioa be Ha4e lo correct losses.
 And there 5s one more point which presume few boys have thought of, but which has much to do with pro ducuon-
 In cultis ated crops giving the rows and the plants in the rows a space suited 10 the plant, the soil, and the climate
 That k the plan, plan so simple and practical the marvel is that the whole world has not followed 1t for the past fifty years. Doctor Knapp does not claim to have originated these new methods of farming, but to demon- stFaIe to the great mass of coming and present farmers the value of the knowl- edge formerly possessed by very small number.
 The work Is finely systematized and carried out by a large office force in Washington under Doctor knapp's son, Bradford Knapp, and number of stale, district, and county agents, chosen with reference to q scientific Knowledge of agriculture, and of spe- ciai conditions in the sections in which They work. How the work he p>, eey eHa understand through tnIs pain statement from Doctor Knapp;
 .'ln The practical application Of our instructions, q has been found Ihal The oesi seed bed added lo0 percent To ghe average crop on similar lands, with sn average p-eparalion; planting lhe ot >l ssed made gain of fifty percent aud shallow, frequent cultivation Wss e4aal lo another d.to percent; making s ta,al saia 0i 9o0 pereeal, or a crop iaree times tae average. With better teams and implements this crop i> made at 5e>s cost per acre. The profit inefea~es fasssg sAan the yield. If the uet pfoiil on a crop of corn yielding taeniS ba>he., an acre, valued st 75 eenls d hushes. oe s, on a crop of ea bosheis the nei profit would be sss an acre, that k, Ihe profit k ienfold where the gain in yield is threefold.
 SaCh gre some of the features of Doc LOT hhAPh sofk. Ills ooleet ls To iaa- prove the soil, 10 teach young and old farmers how to raise two, three, and four times the usual yield wilh less cost ot production, and how to become master of the oldest known and one of the mast health giving industries in the world
 Incidentally. il has been well said by ol hers, that ii teaches economy. order. sanitation. patriotism, and score of other wholesome lessons. "it means that wholesome life on a productive soil. illied without erudgery will add to the vitality Of the race, and what ever else il means Is embraced in Ehe { word supsifs-'@
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