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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1913.
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ricultural
w Andrew A .Soule
POINTS A GOOD DRAFT HORSE SHOULD POSSESS
A good draft horse should be fairly
low set, blocky, deep and wide, and
should be symmetrical or well propor
tioned and should stand squarely on
comparatively short, straight legs. The
good stallion should show lots of style,
carrying his head well witli ears erect
and showing life and spirit.
The draft stallion should have a
and should slope about 45 degrees from
a large, well-rounded foot. The foot
should have considerable* depth, and
with at the heel is also important. The
hind legs should be straight with a
wide, clean hock, showing no puffs or
bony enlargements. A wide, flat appear
ance to the leg is again wanted, but the
hind pasterns, though they should be
I logy, careless walkers. They never sire
! good horses.
Be sure to get size and blockiness,
coupled with good strong, straight legs
and plenty of style and life. In se
lecting. look the horse over carefully,
examining minutely every part, but do
IMPROVED ROADS INCREASE
THE VALUE. OF FARM LANDS
not pay too much attention to minor
particulars and so miss the important
This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew 31. Soule, president State Ag
ricultural College, Athens, Ga.
TRUCK CROPS FOR GEORGIA
Trucking is gradually becoming one of
our important industries. This Is as
it should be for the reasons assigned be
low.
First of all, in producing truck earli
ness is a matter of primary importance,
and to this erfcl sandy loam soils are es-
! sential.
Second, in growing truck a mild and
I equable climate, especially during the
•winter months, is essential, and this is
found in a considerable part of Georgia.
Third, good shipping facilities to large
) are imperative. The
various trunk lines of railroads pene
trating the state provide this.
Fourth, it • is necessary that a suf-
• ficient variety of crops be grown so
as to enable this intensified form of
I farming to be carried on profitably.
Georgia is particularly fortunate in
these several respects, because she has
ideal trucking soils and the climate is
such that practically every one of the
truck crops which are most in public
demand can be grown in large quanti
ties and produced at a reasonable cost,
-while at the same time preserving the
highest excellence as to quality. Among
the soils best suited for this purpose
are the various phases of the Norfolk
and Portsmouth sands or sandy loams.
While these soils are ideally adapted for
truck crops, so far as their physical con
dition is concerned, they must be handled
with skill in order to produce profitable
crops. Naturally, they are not rich in
the more important elements regarded as
necessary to insure profitable yields.
They must, therefore, be liberally fer
tilized and the plant food rations must
be adjusted so as to meet the needs of
the crop to be grown. Of course, these
soils will be benefited by additions of
humus. This can be supplied by grow
ing legumes in the summer time and
turning them under in the fall. Since
many of the crops which the farmer
will find most profitable can be planted
to advantage at that season, they will
be ready for harvest in the early spring,
and hence can be removed from the
soil in time to permit of the gTowth of
a second crop during the same year, for
the purpose of building up the humus
content of the soil. While this method
of management will minimize the need
of artificial supplies of nitrogen, it will
not obviate its use in commercial forms,
by any means.
Among the more important of the
truck crops which can be grown exten
sively in Georgia are cabbages, toma
toes, onions, cantaloupes, watermelons,
Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes. An
attempt will not be made at this time
to offer definite advice as to the meth
ods of handling each of these crops,
though a brief note concerning each may
be found of valub to the interested
grower.
Cabbages should, of course, be trans
planted before this date. They give
their best results on soils which have
been made rich by the application of
well decomposed manure or compost. In
addition, there should be used a commer
cial fertilizer containing about 4 per
cent * of nitrogen, 7 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 8 per cent of potash. Ap
ply at the ti^ie of setting out the plants
in the drills at the rate of 500 to 1,00C
pounds per acre.
Tomatoes should be started in' hot
teds the first of January and trans
planted as soon as danger of frost is
passed. They also will appreciate a
soil well supplied with vegetable mat
ter. A good formula to use for this
crop will be one containing 3.6 per cent
of nitrogen. 7.5 per cent of phosphoric
acid and 8 per cent of potash; most of
the fertilizer to be put under the drill
row at the time of setting out the
plants.
Onion seed should be sown about
January 1. This cto$ requires very
heavy fertilization. Better yields win
be obtained where some form of vege
table matter has been- applied to the
, soil the previous fall in considerable
quantities. Manure will answer well
for this purpose. I n its absence, com
post or green manure must be relied
upon. This crop should be fertilized
with a formula containing 4.5 per cent
of nitrogen, 7 per cenr of phosphoric
acid and 8 per cent of potash applied at
from 800 to 1,000 pounds to the acre.
Cantaloupes and watermelons should
b e planted as soon as danger of frost
is passed. This varies some with local
conditions, but will approximate March
1.5, as they thrive best in light, sandy
soils. Georgia has great areas of soil
admirably suited to botn crops. Water
melons require a soil richer in vegeta-
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GOOD COTTON SEED
Wc have a record of 05 bales on 45 acres this
season. Fine lot of pure, clean seeds td sell.
$1.00 the bushel. Buy now and get something
good. 1,250 pounds will more than make a 600-
pound bale. %
Fort Valley Fruit Farm,
Fort Valley, Ga.
bio matter than cantaloupes, and fer
tilizers must be* used liberally as well.
To this end a formula containing ap •
proximately 3 to 4 per cent of nitrogen.
8 to 9 per cent of phosphoric acid and
6 to 7 per cent of potash will be found
desirable. The fertilizer Is best ap
plied in the hill, though it should be
well mixed with the soil, and from
800 to 1,000 pounds per acre will be
about the right amount to use. Water
melons will respond well to this formu
la especially where cowpeas have been
turned under the previous ye^r.
Sweet and Irish potatoes do not vary
materially as to their plant food re
quirements. The sweet potatoes should
have a rich soil and one well supplied
with vegetable matter. For the best
results with either crop, it will be
found advantageous if a legume has
been plowed under the previous fall or
yard manure applied at the rate of ten
tons per acre Just before the land was
broken. Irish potatoes should be plant
ed in rows 3 to 3 1-2 feet apart in Feb
ruary, where the best yields and larg
est returns from early marketing a^o
sought. Sweet potatoes, of course, may
cent of nitrogen, 8 per cent of phos
phoric acid and about 8 per cent oi
potash.
While the practical trucker will *n»
doubt find these suggestions of he.*i>,
this article has been written primarily
in the interest of the small grower and
farmer, who has desirable truck land on
hi s farm and can pick up a few dollars
be planted for an early or late crop.
The early crop can often be sold to ad
vantage. Both crops should be well fer
tilized, using from 600 to 800 pounds of
a mixture containing from 4 to 4.fc per
by growing some of these crops for the
local markets and at the same time sup
ply his family with some of the most
desirable delicacies of the season
* • *
INCREASING THE LINT YIELD PER
ECRE.
,T. H. Thompson, Hilltonfa, Ga.. writes:
I have ten acres of deep sandy soil with
yellow clay subsoil, on which I grew eight
bales of cotton tn 1912. The land was in
coni and peas the previous year. Ferti
lizer used under cotton was 1,000 pounds
of 9-2-3 per acre and cotton grew from four
i° / eet hIsh and topped across middle of
rour%foot rows. It seems to me that it
had weed enough to have made fifteen or
twenty bales of cotton, but only made
eight. What grade of fertllzer should I
use to make fifteen bales next year? How
far apart should the rows be? How far
apart should the plants be on the row?
Also have one acre of same kind of land
that made 1^ bales of cotton last year,
rows five feet apart and plants two feet
apart. Fertilizers used were eighteen one-
norse wagonloads of stable manure and 1 OOO
pounds of 8-1-3. What grade and amount
of fertilizers must I use to make two bales
next year? m
The fact that you mad© plenty of
weed in 1912 would Indicate that the
elements likely to be deficient in your
soil are phosphoric acid and potash.
W e would advise the use of a formula
therefore, emphasizing these constitu
ents. We believe that you could use to
advantage from 800 to 1,000 pounds of
a 12-2-6 formula. Plant in rows say
4 1-2 to 5 feet apart and use part of
the formula as a side application in the
early part of the growing season. The
balance put under the drill row at the
time of planting. Yard manure should
be put under the drill row at the time
of planting the crop. I believe it is
best to leave the cotton stalks about
two feet apart in the rows and leave
itwo plants in each hill. We find that
’two plants do not grow very large but
giv^ a larger yield than one to .the
hill. Land such as you describe may
often be low in phosphoric acid and
potash as well. It is for this reason
that we advise the use of the formula
given above in the manner suggested.
Ordinarily this land will respond to the
use of a formula containing 3 or 4 per
cent of nitrogen. Judging that you
have interpreted the results correctly
we only .suggest that you use 2 per
cent in the year 1914 and if for any
reason the stalks should not make the
growth you . desire, you can stimulate
the development of the crop by putting
on a side application of nitrate of soda
abou June 15. It is difficult matter
to make two bales of cotton per acre
without the use of vegetable matter. As
ycu know, the physical condition of the
soil has much to do with determining
the response obtained from fertilizers.
Wc would advise, therefore, that you
make a special effort to use yard ma
nure or compost on the land where you
hope to make two bales per acre. Then
I would suggest the application of a
thousand pounds of a formula con
taining 3 to 4 per cent of nitrogen, 11
to 12 per cent of phosphoric acid and
4 to 5 per cent of potash. Plant In
relatively wide rows' and leave two
stalks per hill. The varieties of cotton
you mention in your letter are vpry
good sorts.
* • *
INOCULATING LAND FOR ALFALFA.
E. H. D. : of Armuchee. Ga., writes:
Please tell me how to Inoculate my land.
Where can 1 secure the inoculating material
and the cost per acre? Also give me in
formation in regard to growing alfalfa.
Land may be inoculated for alfalfa
or other legumes in several ways. On
fields where it has been grown success
fully for several years the soil is natur
ally filled with the bacteria which live
ir. the little knots formed on the roots
of the growing plants, thus giving them
power to gather nitrogen out of the air.
Therefore lr the plants growing in the
particular fields are free from disease
and the roots show a larger number of
nodules one may use three to five hun
dred pounds per acre of this soil to in
oculate areas where alfalfa or other
legumes have not been previously grown.
| The soil should be t^ken to the depth of
; several inches and scattered uniformly
, over the land it is intended to inoculate.
I It should then be harrowed in. Put it on
| at the time the crop is planted. One can
' secure artificial cultures free of cost on
.application to the bureau of plant In
dustry, United States department of ag-
j riculture. for inoculating 1 * the more 1m-
! portant legumes. These artificial cul-
| tures have proven quite satisfactory,
j and they are cheaper naturally than any
I other material you can use. Full direc-
' tions are sent ns to how to prepare and
I handle the seed so as to insure its prop
er inoculation. It is important that the*
| seed after being treated be not exposed
j to sunlight as there is danger of the
I bacteria being killed if exposed to a
i strong light for too long a period of
; time. In growing alfalfa it is important
to have a well drained porus soil. Break
the land to a good depth this fall. In
the spring seed it to cow peas or other
legumes which should be turned under
ir. late August or September. Roll or
harrow the land so as to puroduce a fine
seed bed. Apply at least one ton of pul
verized lime rock per acre as a top
dressing. Harrow it into the soil. About
October 1 sow alfalfa at the rate of 25
pounds per a^re. Cross seed it. The
It is a matter of common observation
that, when any community has passed
from a condition dominated by bad
roads to a condition which is character
ized by good roads, land values in that
community advance. It is plain that no
system of good roads can directly im
prove the soil fertility or the quality of
farms. It is equally true that good
roads can and do directly improve the
site value, or the value which accrues to
the farm by virtue of its situation with
respect to markets, schools, and towns,
and the accessibility of these.
In dealing with this matter of in
creased farm values from a strictly eco
nomic standpoint, it has been pointed
out and it is worth remembering, that
where farms have advanced in value the
advance is due essentially to decreased
An excellent Percheron, winner of first prize.
strong masculine, yet refined head, with
good width of forehead, clean-cut face,
large, bright eyes, well set ears and firm
lips. Heads too fine are objected to, as
is also the dished face; but an inclina
tion to a Roman nose in the stallion is
liked by most horsemen.
The neck should be rather long, clean
cut throat latch and a set up on top of
the shoulders and not straight in front
like the head of a cow. The shoulders
should be strong and well laid into the
back. Sloping shoulders allow the head
to be carried well up and distribute the
draught evenly along the collar. The
back should be comparatively short
with arched ribs, giving the barrel-like
appearance of roundness. The loin
should be short, well packed with mus
cle, and the flanks should be low. Short
coupled, low-flanked horses are generally
strong and easy goers.
The forearm and gaskin should be
heavily muscled and strong. Below the
knees thel eg should appear wide and
fiat with clean, strong bone and tendons.
The pasterns .should be of fair length
strong, need" not slope as much as the , features. Pay most attention to feet
front ones. In action the horse should j and legs, head and coupling, action and
show a good fast, square, straight walk, style.
and at the trot should go fairly high i Extreme care should be taken to see
in f ™"L a ”.l bf r hind ’ t! 11 ac “ ng , al Y yS ! that the sire you select for your colts
In a straight line. Do not get slow, . . „ ,
1 aoes not have any of the following dis
eases. These are defined as infectious,
contagious or transmis^able diseases or
insoundness:
Eye diseases. As cataract, amaurosis
(glass eye), periodic ophthalmia (moon
blindness). s **
Respiratory diseases: Laryngeal
hemiplegia (roaring or whistling), pul
monary emphysemia (heaves or broken
kind).
Uervous troubles: Chorea (St. Vitus
dance), constituting string halt, shiv
ering and crampiness.
Bone diseases: Bone spavin, ring
bone, side bones, navicular disease, b°g
spavin and curb, and abnormal hocks.
Infectious and contagious diseases:
Glanders or farcy, mange, tumors, and
any malformations liable to be trans
mitted.
.seed of course should be inoculated. Ap
ply at the time of seeding 500 to 1,000
pounds of a 10-4-6 formula. We should
use linger the peas 200 to 300 pounds of
acid phosphate and 100 to 200 pounds of
kainit. The alfalfa will require no
further treatment in the fall, but can be
dressed advantageously with a good
coating of well rotted manure. It can
be cut for hay the next season.
* * *
THE RESULT OF IRRATIONAL
FEEDING. \
J. B., Blltch, Ga., writes: l hav 0 a mule
about eight years old. I bought her about
three years ago and have been working her
on the farm since that time. There is
something the matter with her. She is verv
thin, but eats heartily and continues to get
poorer. She will eat any kind of trash
she can get. T feed her corn on th e ear,
corn fodder, pearine hay and oats. She
has a rumbling noise inside of her all the
time and gets sick with something like
colic Please give- m e a remedy for this
trouble.
Your mule is evidently suffering
from a more or less chronic form of in
digestion. The causes of this trouble
are numerous but nearly all are due
to errors In feeding. Some animals
naturally have weak digestive organs
while others are predisposed to this
trouble. Anything that irritates the
stomach or intestines favors the devel
opment of this trouble. Foods that are
not In a perfect condition such* as
mouldy or dusty hay cause indiges
tion. The exclusive feeding of corn
is a common cause of this trouble.
Worms are sometimes responsible for
attacks of indigestion. Bad teeth ac
count for it in other instances. The
first thing for you to do, therefore,
is to examine the feed and discard the
mouldy or objectionable liay or corn,
see that the teeth are in good condi
tion, feed your mule regularly on a
well balanced ration. Do not work
your mule too hard or too soon after
feeding. Water before and not after
meals. Provide some green feed if pos
sible. Work the mule regularly but not
too vigorously.
You will probably find the following
medical , treatment helpful: Mix baking
soda and powdered gentian in equal
parts and give a heaping teaspoonful
twice daily. This powder is best given
by dissolving the above quantity in a
half pint of water and administering
as a drench. A good digestive tonic
is prepared by mixing Glauber salts,
two pounds; common salts, one pound,
and; baking soda, one-half pound. Give
a heaping teaspoonful in each feed.
* * *
PLANT FOOD IN CERTAIN FORM-,
ULAS,
S. A. H., Perkins. Ga., writes: 'What !
will 600 pounds of cotton sede meal, 100 I
pouncle of 10 per cent acid phosphate and j
400 pounds of kaiult analyze? Or what will
COO pounds of meal. SOO pounds ol’ acid !
phosphate, „ 400 pounds of kainit and 200 j
pounds of potash make? My land is a J
sandy loam with a mulatto subsoil. I want I
to use a high-grade fertilizer. What would
you suggest ?
Six hundred pounds of cotton seedi
meal, 1,000 pounds of 16 per cent acirl j
phosphate and 400 pounds of kainit will j
provide per ton approximately 37 pounds
of nitrogen, 170 pounds of phosphoric;
acid and 59 pounds of potash. These j
figures are based on the fact that the;
cotton seed meal is supposed to con- j
tain 6.8 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per j
cent of phosphoric acid and 1.5 per cent
of potash. This formula would analyze!
1.8 per cent nitrogen, 8.7 phosphoric !
acid, 2.9 per cent potash. The second!
formula suggested in your letter con- j
tains per ton approximately 37 pounds
of nitrogen, 143 pounds of phosphoric!
acid and 159 pounds of ptash. The per
centage composition would be 1.8 nitro
gen, 7.2 phophoric acid, 7.9 per cent pot
ash. Unless your land is extremely
sandy and the cotton rusts badly there
is no reason why you should use a for
mula running so very high in potash.
Personally we would be disposed to use
the first formula but by substituting
muriate of potash make it possible to
increase the cotton seed meal by 200
pounds and the phosphoric acid by 100
pounds. In this way we think you will
secure a formula much better adapted
to your needs. If you follow this sug
gestion you will secure a mixture ana
lyzing 2.4 per cent nitrozen, 9.7 per
cent phosphoric acid and 3.1 per cent
potash. Used at the rate of 400 to 600
Fine type of draft mare.
pounds per acre it should give you ex
cellent resuts under cotton.
* * ■*
Mr. C. K., of Hemp, Ga.. writes: Will
.you kindly let me know through The Semi-
Weekly Journal what fertilizers, if any, are
contained In sorghum cane stocks after they
have been crushed through the cane mill.
I have made my M.vrup and have forty or
fifty loads of hulls or crushed stocks. I
would like to find out their value as a
fertilizer and how to obtain the best re
sults fr^ mtbem.
Sorghum bagassee contains about
eleven pounds of nitrogen per ton. In
so far as I have been able to study the
history of this material I can not find
any figures given for its content of
phosphoric acid and potash. From this
it is apparent, however, that the waste
from a can mill is comparatively low in
fertilizing constituents. We think,
however, that on account of the defi
ciency of vegetable matter in our soils
that it would be well to haul it out
and scatter it over the thin spots and
either plow it under or disc it in.
Several tons of it could be scattered
on each acre of ground with advantage.
You could also pile it up and compost
it and use it in that way. It does not
contain very much ip the way of animal
nutrients so thdt for feed it would not
be rated as ^f much value. It is pos
sible of course to take material of this
kind and run it in a silo while it is still
fresh and use it as roughage to some
advantage. When allowed to remain
out in the open*it is likely to sour,
ferment and rot and can not therefore
be used as feed to much advantage un
less preserved in some such manner as
has been suggested.
Canning Green Tomatoes
Remove stems, wash, and drain the
tomatoes. Pare them and remove all
inedible parts. Slice or chop them and
put in an acid-proof vessel, adding one
level teaspoonful of salt for each pint
of tomato.
Set the vessel on the back of the
dange or in a mild oven, where it will
receive only a moderate amount of
heat. Add no water, but allow the to
matoes to cook in their own jujees,
stirring occasionally to prevent stic».
ing. They must cook until thoroughly
done, not less than an hour.
Have the jars sterilized and the rfb
bers on. Keep them hot until the to
matoes are ready; then fill the hot. jars
with the hot fruit, seal tight and when
cold wipe' and set away for future use.
—Juaiata L. Sheppercft .
OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE
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THINK OF= MV
-3,<&RH0N this
MORNINSl I
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A southern road before improvement.
hauling costs. The advance in farm
values, in other words, measures partly
the increased value of the farm as a
plant for the business of farming. That
increment of value which Is due to those
things that are described as social ad
vantages or improved social conditions
has no numerical measure.
When his road is improved the land
owner appreciates the improvement and
frequently sets an increased value upon
his land. It is difficult, however, to
analyze the entire Increment of value
which follows good roads. There is no
doubt that the cost of good roads is met
by some form of taxation, which, in
many instances, causes the land owners
to add to the selling price of their larid
that amount which they estimate the
good roads has cost them in taxes.
This process is more distinctly ob
served in city property transfers, where
direct assessments for sewers, sidewalks
and pavements are invariably added to
the original cost of the property. The
important point that is becoming more
and more understood by land owners is
that good roads require a considerable
investment of capital, and furthermore
that such an Investment is a paying one.
Here are a few Instances of actual con
ditions which have been observed in va
rious parts of the country. I
In Lee county, Virginia, a| farmer
owned 100 acres between Ben Hur and
Jonesville, which he offered to sell for
$1,800. .Two or three years ago this
road was improved, and although that
farmer fought the Improvement, he has
since refused $8,000 for his farm. Along
this same road a, tract of 188 acres WAS
supposed to have been sold for $8,000.
The purchaser refused the contract and
the owner threatened to sue him. After
the road improvement, and without any
improvements upon the land the
farm was sold to the original purchaser
for $9,000.
In Jackson county, Alabama, the peo
ple voted a bond Issue of $260,000 for
road improvement and improved 24
per cent of the roads. The 1900 census
gave the value of all farm lands In
Jackson county as $4.90 per acre. The
selling price at that time was from $6
to $15 per acre. The last census gives
the value of Jackson county farm lands m
as $9.79, and the selling price Is now
from $15 to $26 per acre.
The price of farm land, like that of|
any other commodity, Is ruled by the*
relation between supply and demand.
When the price of farm la—i advances
it measures a readjustment between
the supply and the demand. This re
adjustment, in some cases, Is sharp
and immediatel. One distinct item of
increased values is becoming more
evident from year to year; that is.
immigration into the rural districts
The same road as shown in other Il
lustration after improvement.
where road conditions are favorable
especially is this true with regard to
owner’s of automobiles. There are
repeated instances of this kind which
have been active ill improving their
roads.
900 Schools Teaching Agricul
ture in One State
One of the agricultural supervisors
of Ohio has recently stated that after
a year and a half of the law requiring
agriculture to b e taught in the com
mon schools of that state, more than
900 high schools are teaching agricul
ture and more than a half milion boys
and girls are studying the subject in
the public schools.
It is estimated that about 4,000 teach
ers took work in agriculture in the
summer schools last season.
Mixed Farming Pays
To the man of small capital poultry
keeping and mixed farming afford the
most promising means of making a
comfortable livelihood.! Poultry may
with advantage be kept by those en
gaging in fruit growing and prove a
valuable adjunct to the orchard by
keeping down pests and fertilizing the
ground; also proving a material source
of income while the trees are coming
into bearing. To engage exclusively tn
fruit growing one is obliged to provide
fo r the period from the setting out of
the trees till thefy come Into bearing,
thus requiring an income from other
sources, while in mixed farming re
turns may be counted on from the
start.
A few acres planted in small fruits,
early vegetables, potatoes, carrots, on
ions, cabbages, etc. with fowls some
cows and pigs will give a man an as
sured income the first season and will
not interfere with his planting a vari
ety of fruit trees which will become
profitable later.
Wheat on Corn Land
A singular fact came to the atten
tion of farmers of the north central
states during harvest time. Whenever
wheat had been sown onrcorn land the
crop was much larger than on any oth
er soil. Investigation hae shown this to
be the case on so many farms that it is
believed to be the universal rule. *
It is, perhaps, fair to assume that in
any scheme of crop rotation the intelli
gent farmer looks to the advantage of
thorough cultivation before anything
else. Certainly he may with proprletj'
be so advised. But the next wise step
would be to let wheat follow com.
When land plainly shows the need of
a rest a couple of crops of clover, mil
let or Canada peas serve the purpose.
The farmer who is fitting cattle or hogj^
for market needs corn and other fodder,
and he will find profit in this sort of di
versification, perhaps far beyond what
he can gain from raising wheat. ThJ
whole argument is in favor of an intelli
gent diversity of crops as well as a
thorough cultivation/of the soil.
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