Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-03-09
EaIEaS LEGACY
Il Lsayes Riches m the Soil Which
Can't Be Bought.
LIE CHI HELP THIS ACTION.

Lime Up 70 The Limiting Factor" Not
eosond--hf.rr This Help Out With
Msaara and Fassshates--it lie Only
In That Way You Can Get the Best
Resarns For the Cash Investment.
Some men are dead lucky. They
just sit tight, doing nothing in par
ticular to get along, when a plum
falls into their laps out Of clear sky.
People suddenly begin to take liking
to some corner Of a town Nobody
knows why. Old residenters leave the
homes that were always good enough
for them. before. for houses with mod
ern Improvements ia the new section.
So real estate booms. the land-poor
gel rich aud che property of the thrifty
Of former dnys. runs down New rail-
road branches are spreading over the
country and cheap farms become
valuable. because tile getaway for
general crops or market and orchard
speaialtias is easy. No extra horses
and waeons 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-
pceiatly over tic coed luck Of those
Hho have never deserved 1t. But
Nhnt's fhu nses To cultivate bilious
habit oaly iual.cs every days work
grow harder.
All very wen 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 practical idea.
There are lots Of things that bring
increase, which we do not earn. Look
out Of tAe window at that frozen plow-
ell feld the cioas thawlng and crack
ing ia tie sunshine. 1t is working and
malzing plant food for next seasons
growth It Is The winter with its ele-
mCnts Of hard weather that crack and
leach the soil particles for new sup
plies fer further crops. We can figure
the value Of hat unpaid action of frost
and thaw ia 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 Deduet 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. 80 what Is the use? Just
this, that you can bait this hook of
winter action for fishing more fertility
out Of the son, with common sense
and that Is something that everybody
has not got Just seel Try to wash
axle ercase or 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 Ia
chemical ton. it gets dirt loose. And
chemical action gets plant food loose.
Ammonia world do 1t, I've would do
II, bns they cost too much. For price
and results there is only lime, and the
strongest is tie cheapest. Lime and
winter weather for getting the biggest
unearnca Increase from the soil. But
mind yoa, they VIII only get out the
plant food that is ready for solution.
1t may not make more than fair crop.
More line than the right amount may
force a LARGER one. but generally 1t does
not pay THAT is where extra plant
food comes in. to give 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 viii these costly additions give
you the best return for the cash In
vestment. Tint is profit. Winter
weather and common sense give you
all Of natures unearned increase and
that plus profit spells prosperity.