The St. Mary banner., 1922-01-21
FARMING RECOGNI.
ZED AS GREATEST
OF BUSINESSES
BY u. S.
STATE AND NATIONAL IN.
STITUTIONS DEVOTE IN.
TENSIVE STUDY TO
PROBLEMS OF
THE SOIL

There is no other business under
The sun that would ever give the pro.
prletor bread and butter much less
clothes and other comforts, if i,
were run in the haphazard manner
III which Farming used to be and
10 great extent, is yet.
Illling the soil is the greatest
business in the world today and al
ways has been; it is not only the
most necessary, the most honorable
and independents, but the most fas-
cinatlng business OH Gods earth. To
none other, except the farmer, is
gwen the power Of life and death, OF
comfort and misery to SO many OF
Gods creatures. TO none other is
given the privilege of being SO close
to natuIe and her handiwork-yet
the old idea was that after the faith
er of family had given to the
brightest Of his sons an opportunity
to go to school and college, he gave
to the. Ounce of the family a farm
and he often proved to be the only
SON who could afford to care for
father and mother in their old age
The soil was fertile. Help could
be employed at. low price. Even
with the unscientific methods then
in general use, large percentage OF
farmers prospered. But there were
individuals among them who were
of an experimental turn of mind and
studied the soil and its conditions.
and the result Of their experiments
was, in many instances, that their
neighbors found they were produc-
llrnar and hatf l.
OUTLAY of money than were those
who drifted with the current and
iarmed as their fathers had before
them.
After while. the Government re-
allied that the very salvation of
America depended on better farming
and 50 an Agricultural Bureau really
began to function and practical
chemists were employed depart
ments were organized to study con-
ditions all over the Union. State
Stations were built, Agricultural
Colleges were founded, aud a Pub
fishing Adjunct added that results OF
experiments conducted, tests made
and information arrived at, could be
put in the hands of husbandmen
everywhere, and this Service has
been OF incalcuabfc value to the
farmers of the United States, and in
these researches, many odd facts |
have been discovered. one OF when |
is that where there is a disease Of |
animal, vegetable or land, the RENE
iy is near by. Indians used t. sar
hat there is root or herb in everv |
section Of the country that viii! cure
he Ills of that section--and it seems
% be the truth.
Perhaps the discovery of the mos,
interest to this section of the couu-
ry is that the Oyster Shell, finely
'ulverizcd. contains the best quality
II Lime for sweetening OF the acid
oils OF the South.
For many years, the farmer and
'lantcr has known that Lime was
'eccssity to the soil OF this section
nd they have sent away and bought
mall quantities whenever they were
aislng prize crops for the fair and.
'erhaps a little for his vegetable
arden, all the time throwing away
ne tas he supposed) useless OYSTER
helis that were in such unlimited
uantitie5 at his verv door; and nov
hat the problem q scarcity and
est OF labor has driven him to in
:n:!Ve farming. il he would cult
ate the soil at profit, this discov.
~ that a despised material under
IS very aose -H.!l, i! p.oce,lv used
Ioduoe the result he is seeking, is