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Sa Different I&do or Typss of Soil ia Elelaiioa to Crop ; Article No. 3 on "Farm Facts Every Boy Should Kiurvv " By J. F. DUGGAR 0' N THE basis of their mechanical , peas, soy beans, and even beggar crops making a large leafy growth, condition soils'" may be divided" Weed are often grown on these -light- such- as -sugar cane,- silage, com. irito -three principal classes (lj soils;; ':Thcyv.-are,.rsomcwhat,' '.better;-grasses for-hay,'-. especially Johnson, ThO'Sfi COn SIS LAlg1 .liivwjr - vavhj , .; t.. m- " , t ut fcv wiuu mail iu -; uuuauj auu , vi iviiai u .gi apai . (Juh silt (2).tHo$e . madeupJ chiefly" of; cornt ' for xeasbns ' - connected ' with of bottom-land is "acid, if; is 'usually - J ond 1 .11 muse wuujisiiiif; - m iuuiomi t t iv-uun .uicuia . ui uksc w uii .auauicu iu i tu , ivu k'43 auu, iu III . :auu VJ mixture of .sand k4njd" clay 'titt.the' pro- two, plants -,atv-critical stages'- of vtheir carpet grass. .'Lespedeza also seems oortions- to form: loamy- soils' ( . development. . i 7 : ' ; ; r to - tolerate - considerable. ;acidity, afc 4i?4aciii,.scaruety ;that! they ar; suitaV tial tb' the tbe'st growth of -white and ioniy grown rops... aisiKe cioversAwmcn are oeiter aaap- leu it, uoiiom v inan , io , upianu. On bottoms may also" be produced a OUR 'SUCCESS TALK '! FOR BOYS A Vigorous 'Menage From,' . .Wonflerfnl ' -'-MbT Admiral ' Peary Says Health ana Stick-to-it-iyenes" Are Main Thing t;:v,:-;;:-:-f:: is? - i ' 4', -P'W content of mpist'ureauseSvthe crops grown on them to. start siuwiy. xac, excess of jnqjsfure,' or rathen itsconr;; tinuous'presence in" aTiunWe, 'tends a to make crops pr odu'ce d , on day soils; develop a' large amb'unt-of" stemand-i foliage in-proportion to fruiC Such" soils are , worked with greater 'diffi culty than others, and they bake or become cloddy . unless' plowed .' of cul tivated at exactly, the proper time. Each of the- considerations -mentioned is an argument for devoting', such land, so far as 'practicable, to the broadcast, uncultivated crops, es pecially the grass eV for" hay or even -the pasture grasses. Such soils " if well drained are apt to be relatively fertile and hence may be especially suited to corn. ; ; . . u Sandy soils are exactly opposite : in ; agricultural qualities' to clay soils. The former are lusually well drained,:; if the subsoil - also; ibe a sandy. ; and -ouickly 'dry out to a point at which '- crops may make- a'xapid growth. Sandy soils also absorb ;heat; quickly and on suchj soils the ' action of j f er- -tilizers is usually T quiclcer tnah - on stiff er soils, i vTheref pretHe V.trucker y who wishes ib;Vow -vegetables - for? the early marketcfioOses ,very.sandy,. well drained soilSr especially for .his truck crops that'' niake their princi-" pal growth- nf therlate::'winte",.and ' ' early spring. . ; ,'; x' S - ' -t" I .Notable examples of such early crops are snap. beans, English peas, Irish potatoes and tomatoes. V. -v- ; Among farm crops hetter adapted than others to make successful : growth on light sandy soils are Sweet potatoes ' and peanuts. To - both , of ' these crops there is an advantage in the mellowness.;Of- such oijsv permit tine1 the easv nenptrntinn nf the. nea- . nut "needles" or pistils, destined to .; previously mentioned may - be, again large yield of sorghum forage, wheth develop into nutsand also . making "divided into bottoms and uplands. er the soil be slightly acid or rich in easier the development of the tubers Bottoms, unless - extremely sandy, lime. . - m . of the sweet potato plant s - - are usually' better supplied than up-: Among the' crops to which bottom. Since deep -sandy soils are .usually -lands,- with, a -sufficient amount of. land is usually less suitable than up poor in plant 'food, the legumes -are moisture for the continuous growth land are Struck crops .for' the ear often selected because of their ability 'of all ordinary farm. crops. : Hence in ly. market; watermelons; .cowpeas to grow without much nitrogen in the their moisture relations bottom lands; grown for seed; sweet potatoes'; and soil and because of their effect in are generally" adapted to about the peaches. This. is partly because these transferring nitrogen from the air to same crops as are the moisture-hold- plants tend .on 'land contmtiously the soil for ,the benefit of succeeding : ing clay lands. Because of the abund- moist to make too much growth of crops' of - non-legumindus -plants.' : ant andeven supply of moisture, bot- wood 'or, leaves. .. .. . Hence oeannts velvet - beans. " cow- -.torn lands are eso'eciallv suited to (Concludedon page 14, this, issue) Ten thousand yars -from '-now when perhap nobody will r-memier thename T - of any President of oar. tlnie, Cor .f Bryn. or. Dewey-, or Carnegie Or Rookef eller, v two names -will almost surely - beynfo1rgotten the -name 6f the manwho- dlscov ered the . North "Pole and the name : of the man who built the Panama Canal. We are fortunate n. that Admiral Robert? E. Peary, the discoverer of the North Pole, has sent a specials message to" our Progressive1 Farmer boys. '.And as Admiral . i Peary worked more than twenty years trying to find the- Pole, it is.no wonder- ' that he tells our. boys that one of - the main things Is to stick to a -job till it is done.T w - - - ' 3 " v' 1 t . ... ; !, . ; cX'-.',-':' V . ' ' 1 " , '.'.t: . ..j - -" -,- y",,'. ;i ' . ,v.' - . ,. .i , - C : ' '.'-V1-'.' '''.i'-j'""-' h'' i. (V-f'' -v 'VvV' V-l. lS- v;-v,:'t' r-' ' ';.)' . '.'.:;;'. " '. , . -., - . f r$- ; . . ,- - .. ' ' ' ,-; .-' -", " " ;r'",'.:,;s'-n..1 i .'4 . ' '" ' " ' ; 1 - ,. - .... ; ,v - i, . .Ki. .;- i , ,; '-'i j. 1 - v"- ; '' -' - - ; ' -v-""' " :'i;t''" v I AM glad of the fine record the farm boys of the South are mak . ing and in response to Editor Poe's request that I mention one or: more qualities- that I believe will help you win success as men br farmers, let me say: , .?'' , "' - The first requisite o success is HEALTH. Tiere is no 'other poji j session equal to a sound, clean, . ... ' ' God-given man: body. Farm boys have a ' great" advantage -; over their city, brothers' be- , cause the life and surround- v ings on the farm are conducive " to health. . ' " ' . ; -The next requisite is PER- " ; SISTEkcEV Stay with a thing; t that har been undertaken :un- til it is DONE, Oli Seneca - . . - . . T , - j . r , vput it-in a -nutshell,' "Inveniam ; viam aut facialFind a way , or MAKE one. These two are the essentials. 4 With health and -persistence any boy can win success. v PEARY. ADMIRAL PEARY HE MIGHT DIE SOMETIME -ANYHOW 71 neighbor's got a joLor sure, he's hautid out all the cow, YL manure; then for a,week .he worked away, ' a: filling up tiui c v yard witK clay: When it was filled acoiiple feeihetoppid the whole thing wiih eomrete. , HeVajs fie's ihVed o mud and sp' J ov f c wurw fie ara on wpp i ne springtime muu wu wuwi , rain Will tlPVPr mnm Al-iu Uirt' AAii Ulo 4-Al, iiMVKo'' nil Vwiap" finA mm wg fine; I never liked to shovefsandflor m nanrKTV? .ft- tc- K" '"'c w terer oy me retana tet ine cous waae wt me v w"rse, irs tougn on tnem, no aou&t; wnen tnet gei swc i - -f there in the mu sometime, anyhoiiind : 'wna on ftard concrete. mit?& ; (Copyright by th rYsdrle Firmer, 1915) .-VC I ne , other day a pig 4 gor stuck and wrownedjim ck, Perhaps it f well to losi him now. " he miiht dtesc - ?anuwau. 'twould svoil .ihr7eetV'fiiZK&il$: 5 dry; heTI feep themean;aiul not i . I dont mind niu(l an sluVM rnuc "'vfc Dutch in' tfiesehfr :ifbber; tok brito: thei keepmdru and feeU'X Mk"&fl WWTdhCn Subscribers' Corner Why the Progressive FarmercIs Dif- ",':v,,'4 .ferent'' - r 1 j ' . " . Ww"-" uic icasuu i OUgnt tO .vtake The Progressive Farmer? What's the reason other papers won't do' me just as Well?'! ; 7- -These are the questions often asV- A . J A W ' . . ....... r y ., . 1 cu, dim naiurauy asKea, when you tell ' a man ne, ought to read 'our. paper. Consequently we wish, to point out to .UV1.-JUU3U1UCIS- aim to ciuo-raisers jwst-.a',half dQzen Teasons why "''every ' ' Southern farmer must have The ProV"; gressive harmer no matter how many v ; papczs.ne is caKing. . , . ' Here they are: " ' , l-r-llecause It Is a Weekly MONTHLIES' and , semi-monthlies" . are too slow for this pr6gressi'vV age;.;. No wide-awake farmer is how content .with'a.farmVaper tha'febmes only' Dncero'r -twicer a- month. ' Take good .monthlies, ' if you - can, but '' get the best weeklies, bv all means. ' ' II "The Whole Family Reads It"; " TFNWE are to makejhe rural South v A, what it. ought .to ,be, a Land of Plenty, a" Land of Beauty, and a Land of Inspiring Comradeship, the whole family must be reached. And' The -Erogressive Farmer reaches , all, in spires all, and sets all working to- gether for "Better Farming, Better1 ' Business, Better Living." It is com- monly said of The Progressive Farm- s: er,; You can tell by a man's farm ' whether he reads it or not," and this ; 1C Kpra 11c a if nnf nnlw e'a e Kn (nm' v;: afire with zeal for .progress, but.it ' has the ; best woman's page " of ; any American- farm: paper. ' Ill Because It's For the South, and J'dier-tarmer in '1886, it has always been made 'for. Southerners,: by South- erners, ty men yino ,know rSouthern farm life from actual" 'experience-' and .it doesn't 'even: trv top-et Nortfi- - ern-or Western circulation. Co'nse- qutiiiijr c vci fining - in f 15 ; iiiatlc C5- c pecially" to"; fit our . Southern climate, 'i South ern -'soils, '! Southern" crops, Southern', conditions and Southern : needs. " - ' IV Because It Stands for Organiya- . . tion, Cooperation, and White Com-; muhity Life ''PHE Progressive Farmer was fight- - ing, forv' education, organization and business coqper'ation in the dark days twenty-five years ago, before . most other Southern farm paper's -were thought sofr-and. has1 been at it ( ever since. We have the best Farm- t ers' Union department in the South, ' ' The Progressive "Farmer, too, is the , only paper that is forever proclaim ing that the South's splendid, future lies not in great plantations and an . ignorant tenantry, dui in a' great ae-. mocracy of thrifty, educated, organ- ized, home-owning small white farm- - ers, each man under his own vine and .fig. tree. v.' '. ' : . A. ify&t r - TJ .... ci- riMi R.lUkli averiising . , THE Froeressive farmer was the , JL . first Southern farni- papeV to., guaranteetne'reiiaDinty 01 its jtaver- v: tisef s. v It wasjjhe $rst farm paperto 4 stop patent nleicine :adyertising, arid " the bnly l one Ttha. reuses' to carry . pate.nt jneuipine .aavcrtising, ior nvc- . stock-ai frauduierit iishumah patent : -' .'''.. ( . . . meaicine aavertising even 11 less aan- , gerous. And it is thenly southern faVm paper that has had the nerve to i- ttirn - down. $S,000 worth of. patent -J stocK iooq advertising a year ana per-. -sistehtly expose this great fraiid upon r the farmer's;; V ' : -j ; ; v- ; yi-7-id Finally, Because We Guar-, ' '' :."anteeSatisfaction;r;-";,' ' NV ': f a rmr wh a - navs" . us ' $1 miv have - his , money- back: if he will Vaywhen his tiriieis TbutheVha's read -the oaoer for a year aiidhash't had his money s worth. : r-A-;-:'" "Save your papers and get binder.
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