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SOIL FERTILITY SPECIAL. 1 i Ly A Fanu and Home Weekly for the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee. TOUNDED, 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C. Vol. XXVII. No. 11. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1912. Weekly: $1 a Year. It is Not a Hard Matter to Improve Southern Soils. IT is the merchants, business to sell goods, It is the farmer's busi ness to sell plant foods. It is the merchant's business to buy goods to keep up his stock in trade. ; It is the farmer's business also to keep up his stock in trade tne fertility of his land. . If the mer chant expects to do a larger bus-. iness this year than he aid last, he must lay in a larger stock- must buy more goods. If the farmer wishes to do more busi ness than he did last yearthat : is, raise larger crops this year ; than he raised last: lie must in- crease his stock in trade. He ; must increase his soil fertility; In short, all hope of better farm ing, of better living, and increas ed usefulness and pleasure on the part of farmers as a whole must come through increased soil fer tility. " . ' h The source whence greater suc- cess must come is plain and cer- xain. i nere is mo question or doubt about it and this of itself is cause 01 much encouragement. But still mnm nfwiraMTitrhf fact that. sinrA iliA rpmprW i . known, its application is easy and ; may De maae quiaay ana won derfully effective. H The average acre an the South produces about 200 pounds of There is not a practical farmer of average intelligence in this whole Southland who does not know that one crop of legumes grown on such land and plowed under, or that one good application of stable manure will increase the yield on such an acre 50 per cent or to 300 pounds of lint cotton or 27 bushels of corn. Every practical farmer who has tried it also knows that two crops of legumes plowed Into the soil of this acre, that nroduces 200 nnnnrte nf lint rotton or 18 bushels of corn, during the next three or four years along with deeper and better plowing will increase the yield of :such an acre to 400 pounds of lint cotton or 36 bushels of cornvif the money now spent for complete fer tilizers be all .spent for phosphoric add.' In what other business -will so little expense and labor increase the production so quickly or so. easily? No extra capital is required, merely the growing of .such crops and in such way as to obtain two or three crops of legumes -during the next four or live years. It is simply folly of the most stupid sort for! anynan-tQ continue growing the average crops when they may Toq increased 50 or even 100 per cent with Hist a little more intelligent effort on his part : ' Sometimes men give as an excuse for continuing to farm unpro ductive lanri it N vreater t.uv;jr ut y C UUl lUU LUUUU Av 4iupivv - - r at - noa cvur xoaue, ii uoes noi xequiic racicuow v prove the fertilltr-f n'oAiio Anv-mn wn do it and make money while w lie ii me KJiiiy mmg iiiau siouus uciwccu a uwu auu xv-on creased and cheapened production is his own lack of intelligent effort what more encourasrinsr nrosoect is possible? Southern soils are not .. . I" J A now proaucuve. 1 . - .Si " -Courtesy G-G. Gibbs DUTCH BELTED CATTLE. This Is one of the most economical ways of increasin farm fertility and farm profits. Our averajrc yields prove that, but our climatic' and other conditions make their improvement easier and cheaper than in any other section. This is our glorious heritage, and what could be more to the en couragement or liking of any real man than an opportunity to improve matters and the cer tainty of success? Truly the op portunities of Southern agricul ture are marvellously attractive. No other section with equal cap ital or effort can accomplish half as much. Will we live up to bur splendid opportunities? A few are doing so, enough to prove how easy it is, and many more will follow their example in the next ten years. : ' In fact, every farmer who real ly loves his business and wishes to make a success of it will set to work at once to improve his soil. A proper pride in their work and a proper regard for the welfare of their families and their coun try will alike forbid a contin uance of soil robbery by South- era farmers. 10 12 24 6 FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE. A PAGE OF FERTILIZER INFORMATION-JUiswers to Questions and Practical Suggestions. ...... . . . . - BE A LEADER OF MEN A Stirring Appeal to the Farmer Boy CO-OPERATION6 THAT COUXTS Not'the wW-NiUy Kind, but the Business Brand ' ' i FERTILIZER !IIXT1JRES FOR COTTON Some Favorite Formu- las ami now w luaD v, " v . j . , 4Ua HOW A STOCK-LAW WOULD HELP The Reforestation of the Long-Leaf Pine Section Depends Upon Such a Law . . . ... . . . . i HOW READERS HAVE IMPROVED THEIR SOILS A Batch of Valuable Experience Letters HOW TO MAKE THE MANGUM TERRACE The Best Terrace for Most Lands Because It Can Be Worked Over ......... . 5 PLANT MORE LEGUMES THIS YEAR What Your Failure to Do This Last Year is Costing You Now. ' SWEET POTATO" GRmVING-Plain THE GOOD FARMER LOVMS m -"u " WOSSr SSS NE AU-Do You v Know That Farm Women Buy Most of These NoBtrums?. ... . U 10 3 !
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