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HOW, TO GET RICH LANDS
IHrCUmatic nd Other Natural CowKtwm. Affecting Sontkern Sil
Fertility
By TAIT BUTLER
Bursa Itlopa Aii
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F-VVEould-have-rich-landswend:turninfiunderroL-crop;likc.ryc,
must reckon with those climatic
influences which tend to deplete
soils, as well as with those whicn
enable us to economically increase
soil fertility
for instance, which adds .no plant
foods to the soil.
The two most potent -forces of a
climatic nature affecting soil fer
tility in the South are our average
We have seen that climatic agencies high temperatures and heavy rainfall.
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SD6liveredT?ulS
like rainfall, the movement of water,
winds, freezing, etc., are important
forces in soil-making.. According as
they operate or are. used, they may
tend to soil destruction or to soil im-.
provement. That they are chiefly de
structive in the South when left to"
operate without interference from
man is well shown by our large areas
of washed and gullied lands and by
the fact that even our virgin uplands,
or those which do not receive :the
washings from other lands, are gen
erally poor and non-productive.
Make Our Climate Help
T IS the duty of the Southern farm-
pr tn -utilize or brine to his aid
those climatic conditions which -will
enable htm to build. up his soils and
increase their production ; but it is
none the less his dut- and even more
important that he counteract or re
duce, as far ,as possible, those cli
matic forces which tend to lessen or
deplete his soil fertility.
We must -first study carefully those
climatic conditions which tend to re
duce soil fertility and strive to lessen
their effects., and then take careful
stock of those climatic conditions
which will aid us in soil building. A
failure to do these two things, or
even to appreciate tneir oasic im
portance, is, in the opinion of the
writer, the chief reason for-oiir low
average crop yields. , Not even the
The first mean the rapid decay, of or
ganic matter and the setting free of
plant foods, and the second means
the leaching and washing away of
these available plant foods and the
soil itself when it is left bare and
unprotected by a growing crop of
some sort. -
Not only does our heavy rainfall,
added to our warm weather, mean
the leaching out of soluble plant
foods, but it also means -the actual
washing away of our soils in large
and destructive quantities.
It we could once appreciate the full
meaning of the facts, that those cli-
matic conditions which are peculiar
to the South and tend to deplete and
destroy our soils are the very cli
matic conditions required for the eco
nomical improvement of these soils,
the South would soon double her
present low crop yields. We have
but to take advantage of those cli
matic conditions which permit of
late fall, winter and early spring
growing cover crops to doubleour
average yields in five to tenyears ;
but until .we do take advantage of
these climatic conditions they will
continue to be the chief means by
which Our soils are being destroyed.
Other Agencies in Soil-building
MATURAL forces in soil building
other than those of a climatic na-
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leaders in agricultural teaching .and ture, have also operated to affect the
practice have seemed to fully appre-
iateithe force and. importance of cli
matic influences in- soil .depletion.
A long .growing season means a
long period of nitrification, or a long
fertility of Southern soils. The large
amount of Coastal Plain or sandy
soils "means a proportionate amount
of land of low soil fertility. Sandy
soils are generally deficient vi the
period --during which nitrogen . is be- plant foods, nitrogen, phosphorus, po
ing tnade soluble in the soil. Our tassium and "lime." They hold water
long periods of warm Aveather mean poorly and consequently hold plant
long periods during which conditions foods poorly. The soil particles are
are favorable for the setting free of- large, compared with those of other
plant foods. If, crops are.growing on soils, and consequently such mineral
the land during these long periods the plant foods as the original rock from
results are constructive. Plant foods which they are formed contained are
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GARDEN TOOLS
Answer the farmer's bur aneationa;
How can I havf a geod eardea with s
least expense? Hew can the wife
haTe pUwty -ot fresh vegetables for
the home taMe rith least labor T
TRCM A nj? Combined Hill
sotoes the .ararden labor-, DroUen.
JTskses the place -at telsl1
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are being formed into crops,-which is
the highest aim of the farmer, but if
crops are not growing during . these
periods "the results are -destructive ;
that is, the heavy rainfall which we
have operates to leach out and. wash
away -the plant foods which are. set
free.
Our heavy, rainfall,-when the land
is properly drained and occupied by
a growing crop,- is a -"constructive fac
tor in soil building; that is, it is fav
orable. to the production of crops ; but
when the land is not well drained or
is bare of a useful crop it is. a de
structive .force or tends to deplete
soil -fertility.
The lack of freezing .and the ab
sence of a covering of snow may-be
a constructive xlimatic "advantage
when the mild weather of our late
fall and winter, is used.for-the. grow
ing of a legume crop for -the -gathering
of nitrogen, but-this same lack of
freezing weather may be a destruc
tive -.influence if the elands are left
not easily dissolved and made avail
able for feeding crops.
Located .as we are largely in the
newer and lower sections, we have
large areas whichr need drainage, and
this need is increased by our heavy
rainfall. There are also areas of
these low lands which are peaty or
made up largely of large accumula
tions of organic matter in which rap
id decomposition has been arrested.
Drainage and lime, in which it is defi
cient are required to start anew the
necessary decomposition. Potassium
is also frequently deficient in these
soils. Our soils because of their orig
in as well as from the heavy rainfall
and leaching are also generally defi
cient in lime. Lime is an important
factor in soil fertilty, not so much as
a plant food as in bringing about
suitable conditions for the growine
. of grasses and legumes. Legumes
which gather nitrogen from the air
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Itis dtnerent from the turns! seed catalogue In that
it giTes deialted 4nsUuetions as to the culture ot
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. Keep Stock Healthier." Crush ear corn
fwjth or without s ho eta) and Ortnd ail
a-fnds ef email grain, '-oott-a ed- and
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from all ethers.
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and sod-forming grasses are nature's
soil builders. The conditions under 1
bare jand .allowed ,to wash and leach which our soils were formed, the cli
away matic influences and the ' farmino-
-T'jie .pulverization of the soil Xvhich methods, practiced have combined to
results, from vere: freezing is a. posi- give us soils generally deficient in
tiveand-mijghty foTceior.settingifTee -plant foods, but these samp r1im,v
plaat-ifoods, which ithe .South enjoys conditions under better farming
only to a iiinited extent 'but the. little practices are the snhmrliH aB0
irtezing we have,:if wwted by the -which the. South will some day learn
.4j.w4J!ysilta.i.-wvt.a.4.u.t. i iu U5C. One .Will USe thfrn iilf-ne
f ree,platit floods, -may easily-make up soon as -.she appreciates their full
for:the lackoof iSTcrjfmstsftc;iMil- value and when slie does a mighty
vere our solh..;lTiif;;!ioweTiot-fUiit and -farreaching change will take
roots to, dissolve, tUketJip aixdtliold place, not alone in our irrtctilHicnl
pumt trods chown ;by the practices but also & -twr-wt4V:fe;l3ftSe
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