The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-02-16
WINTERS LEGACY
1t Leaves Riches In tho Soil Which
Can't &c Bought.
LIVE CGl Help THIS ACTION.

Lime Up 20 the Limiting Factor" Not
Responsibilities This Help. Out With
Manure and P1osphates-it Is Only
In That Way You Can Get the Best
Returns For the Cash investment.
Some men are dead lucky. They
lust sit tight. doing nothing in par
ticuIar to get along, when plum
falls into their laps out of clear sky.
People suddenly begin to take liking
to some corner of town. Nobody
knows why. Old residesters leave the
homes that were always good enough
for them. before. for houses with mod
ern improvements in the new section.
SO real estate booms, the land-poor
get rich and the property of the thrifty
of former days. runs down. New rail-
road branches are spreading over the
country and cheap farms become
valuable. because the getaway for
general crops or market and orchard
specialties is easy. No extra horses
and wagons have to be kept for long
hauls and the children have better
Chance for good schools.
Most of us get the go-by from for
tune and it's natural to get sour, es-
pecially over the good luck of those
who have never deserved it. But
what's the use: To cultivate bilious
habit only makes every days work
grow harder.
All very we'll for "Cheerfulness Socie-
ties to preach the New Thought
and that kind of thing. The trouble
with them is that they just talk and
never give a practical idea.
There are lots of things that bring
increase, which we Go not earn. Look
out of the window at that frozen plow-
ed field. the clods thawing and crack
ing in tie Sunshine. 1t is working and
| making plant food for next seasons
growth. 1t is the winter with its ele-
ments of hard weather that crack and
leach the sell particles for new sup
plies for further crops. We can hgure
| the value Of that unpaid action Of frost
and tEaw in dollars and cents, for it
| is what keeps a sufficient supply OF
| plant food available in the soil to make
about twelve or more bushels of wheat.
| year after year. Deduct from this the
| actual cost of blowing and seeding
and what is left, say the value OF eight
| bushels per acre, is your unearned IN
| crement.
Well, it is not much and then every
| body gets it. so what is the use? Just
| this, that you can bait this hook OF
| winter action for fishing more fertility
| out of the soil. with common sense,
| and that is something that everybody
| has not got. Just see! Try to wash
| axle grease off your hands in clear wa
| ter. How much good does rubbing do
| toward getting them clean? But, use
soap or put ammonia in the water.
| How about it then? Now, that Is
| chemical action. it gets dirt loose. And
| chemical action gets plant food loose
| Ammonia would do it, I've would do
| it, but they cost too much. For price
| and results there is only lime, and the
| strongest is the cheapest. Lime and
| winter weather for getting the biggest
| unearned increase from the soil. But
| mind you, they will only get out the
| plant food that is ready for solution.
| 1t may not make more than a fair crop.
| More lime than the right amount may
| force a larger one, but generally it does
| not pay. That is where extra plant
| food comes in, to give a better return
| for your labor. Lime up to what the
| professors call the limiting factor"
not beyond. Then help out with ma
nure and phosphates. Then and only
then will these costly additions give
| you the best return for the cash In
| vestment. That is profit. Winter
weather and common sense give you
all of natures unearned increase and
that plus profit spells PROSPERITY.