Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-08-05

areas nave IOuIlu lIldL dll except Tie
very poorest of these light soils can
be farmed at profit. Tillage of these
soils is no problem. But their fertili-
zation is problem. With the coming
of soy BEANS however, a legume has
been found which is specially adapted
to light soils. They not only furnish
hay and forage but unlike such crops
as oats, rye, and buckWheat, they
build up the soil as well. Like alfalfa
and clover they have the power, when
properly inoculated, to take much of
their nitrogen from the air instead of
from the soil. They improve the land
on which they grow.
AS farmer began to realize that good
sandy soil management requires the
growing of cash crops which do not
make too great demands of the soil,
and the application of manures these
soils were greatly improved. Soy
beans, however. have been the missing
link-they are q heat and drought re-
sistant legume which makes a good
feed, besides Soy beans have become
staple crop on light sandy Soils
farmers schools, they are the eaters
schools.
No Sure Rules.
Wisconsin's soil is queer stuff. What
seems to fool it to part with it's treas
ure of eating stuff one year doesn't al
ways work the next year. In prac-
tice some of the principles dug out
in the research and educational proc
ess seem to go away when certain com
binations of soil acidity and weather
conditions come together.
A legume should be grown for sure
on every farm in Wisconsin to FUR
nish the most essential element Of
fertility and to supply the most needed
stock fOod-if the people OF Wlscon-
sin want to continue to eat. Lime
will help in the growing of legumes.
Reasonable Service Needed.
Milk is one of the greatest foods in
the world. Wisconsin farmers beat
them all in producing milk. But Wis
consin farmers need two essentials
in the production Of milk, protein feeds
and laborers. Cows have to have pro-
tein feeds and have to be MIXED. Ii
people, all people, want to eat more
Of the greatest food In the world, aye
to enjoy any at all, they must look
to it that the farmers have protein
feeds for their cows and help with the
milking. No artificial barriers must
be allowed between the cows and the
feed, and somebody must forego the
allurements of town and help milk.
What Shorter Hours Mean.
There Is a constant struggle for
shorter hours, a better living wage,
and there is less inclination on the
part of the average man to take up
the severer tasks Of any trade or pro-
fession. Farmers for years accepted
their lot with it's long hours, it's back
breaking toll and It's privations. But
in view of what the city laborer, with
his shorter hours, demands when
he is tried out as ldIlh Ia
borer, the farmer is wising up lie
has seen his own labor more or less
satisfied with it's lot carried away TO
war; he has seen his labor dissatisned
with its lot carried away to factories
for higher wages and shorter hours.
He and his wife have put forth their
best efforts periodically during long
hours. early and late, to make sure OF
doing their bit. They are fatlgued
with the struggle and in the recon
struction period are slowing up ana
wising up.
They see that they will have TO
pay more for less products produced
in eight hours. Why should they work
ten. twelve and fourteen hours to grow
a LOT more than they need when they
can eat by working simply eight
hours? Why should they work long
or than eight hours to get stuff ready
for the man who will only work eight
hours for them? This frame of MIND
must be overcome and changed-l1
Wisconsins people are to eat.