Show I ENRICHING POOR SOIL The toll soil II Is II the tho greatest source of at tho ho wealth comfort and also nio of ot tho the luxuries that man enjoys Most of ot tile his hil fool food cantos from Crom It I anti the time rest reit of It indi indirectly except that which conies comes tOI tho the water waler no Ho does his hil clothing cluth and most Inept of cit f tie the beautiful that todd add to 19 lifes les It St J Is tho tue medium l through which ho lid tram from the tho hand of ot tilt hiS and Provider l t everything good Houd The rime and nud tho limo rain rall give him h their through It II Time Tho air nih also alio Ileo dues does no so o In part alt Trio roe solid lold earth yields 1111 up UI her In large measure through tho thU soil ul for tor or the tle rocks rock are ure do and their ther mineral salts calls oa a n part hart of oC the active neUvo agents In Punt plant Il I growth growl ii We o may ma very Cry properly ask luk k ourselves what In IH I tho Iho soil noli ol Of or what In II t It composed compos 1 anti how IB I ii U it t Mo Aro thu tho pollS solln sola with wh which we are atu nl working to our nur nih 1 or ciet lot That Is are oro or they rich or poor us as I wo we 0 would woolS rate them If I they to IU are not hot then how shall Ihal wo we O make mako theta them thel Tho rho soil coil eol IH is not a 1 lend dent Inert mess mass of ot clay mind anil sand sund which nrc thu residue of rElIc enough It I la 10 largely c of mt Ir rocks that have been heen reduced to powder I rocks that intro have Lien been br n reduce dt tto powder and meal by hy the time action allun of ot limo thoN thO forces of In ages ORri and at tho limo ireK ron emit cut day duy they Ihl aro Iro still nt at work ork us iK busily ns as al over ever these rocks there was wn stencil many litany lany elements which when rt ri based front from their primary y condition If It wu WO lUu that condition was teas and 01 mixed or combined ti v with each earle other neal with wit other elements become n a part rt of the toad food of plants that havo their homo home hOlo In lit amid ami upon tho 1110 Bol colt oil However nomo of ot theo miner mineral 1010 al iii II plant foods touti aro are also allo stored In vest vust beds In Itt II tho Iho earth In much mich more morn than or proportions n nH as e fy cultivator of tho 1140 soil ol now knows knoW unIt omit of or which ho hmo wisely takes advantage when necessary In III II addition tn to minerals thoro there are Iro or of organic ganic In the tie form torD of decayed till and 1111 delaying vegetable and an mill hoot toe ter tel that t lt form torm an au Important Part Ot tho the soil coil soil They hoy ale aio In a 1 most readily renly obtain obtainable able libbe Ible for or plant fool food They limey hey nrc Iro to plants Illio Ilc milk mil is 18 n to t the thu world being not It only Ieh In ilant food roud but In II wry euy digestible forms torn Derides Jle the th parts of ot tho the thool Holl ol there thee are myriads of Jf bacterial fer ter ferments te ments monte and II other othel microscopic organisms Hint hOe have their homo borne hOlo In m It I arid assist In tn performing certain work vork that thu Is 18 of tho lie most mOlt useful character In plant growth A rich Ich or fertile soil sol In I therefore n a I mixture of at Inorganic matter and alit of or dying 1111 ii ltd living 1111 organic matter 1 1 te In rn what our soils polls sols may 1 usia be that wo we have havn to heal deal with wih for or tho time pro production I ro of at thin lute that or the tho other crop crup that wo eo may Iny be tie Is something that wo we must know knol If wo See 0 are to obtain tho best heat results How Ilow we te know on nn wo O call al n In tho tn lel n Urr u I wo 10 can usually get Iet better heter answers from tile the crops crOla themselves Experience will II guile us mis this experience Is best belt hall had by hy carefully noticing how things grow under different treatment OH al a to Irow amId ami The rho farmer taller and t hove have and amid an complicated problems before them ammO It Il becomes them to tip hf ply t ly their best besl endeavors to their solution I They will wil bo ho fully filly tuly solved oven oen In Inon on otto one particular case cal but they thy may ho bo In Insufficient sufficient purposes relent to 0 answer till nil 11 practical 1 If I wo we w have havo poor soils ol wo we usually know It Il The Tho crops craps have hll toM to ii ut us UI so They may bo ho unproductive In tn their lr lh present pre et condition hut but them hero ero may nHI be bo within them them Bomb Born of tho the elements or at fortuity fertility In amplo m Others may hMo have their thIr plant fools foods largely lorely In lii Intent latent or unavailable forms formaL furl Thoro may IU be he lack hack of humus which wo we are nrc nr getting to know moro mare and nna morn moJo Is IR of tho limo utmost Importance We may laity IY be he negligent nl or Ignorant In tho mat mator ter or of or o proper Paler Boll Bol moisture turo be Insufficient c e especially nt tot the critical periods Wo Vo may many be bo growing the wrong crops crams rop All Al these thee things thinK must lust be bo under tinder understood und r stood flood theoretically amid tho tue grower able to apply 1 llly his to tIme tho cases In hon hand let the tho th right crop croli ho bo grown Cotis on 1 i I Iho I in neighbors s nd nIl crl tho the on fill 01 that particular subject Keep hoop your eyes tYe open ellen and 1110 Ild nil 11 tho other oilier nemos leISS acute If It I something fundament Is li wrong never lover tent until you know why that crop does doea not prosper r Ho lIe sure suro to keep tho the soil poll Lull full ful of at humus No t of crop crOl will 11 do to much that cannot put Its feeders Into a It 1 bed hed of at decaying organic tastIer matter H It nut only anI In II It I but bul It I holds boils mats mols 1 turo hike Ilko Iko a n sponge it I Is 18 to a 1 plant like ilka bread mind milk to u II hungry child chilil Ik If tho the Is IK not there It I is largely I your our suit fault even In lu a it I dry irv time In tho the arid arki regions time tho grower row r will wi provide Irrigation Irl gation or pay py the tho penalty lenly of ot his own negligence or possibly Y his Ills misfortune In tho thio rainy sections thero hero Is Ia II much luch less le f ox ex Nature provides water enough traIn from above to curry tho tIme crop throughout their periods of or growth It Is our duty duly to 10 conserve It I If wo we 0 have havo I tho tue noil In a n porous condition I not barren of ot humus humul and compact anti and hart hard from rom lack of ample ami timely stirring Stirling It will viii absorb tho ruin and ond melted snows when they come mele dissolves tho the plant food tood In itt tho the soil anti helps In iii 11 tho Iho dissolution or unlocking tucking un Mi of tutu thai which Is not available The Flie healing principle I In and 1111 service of at good tillage I In 10 Is I the tue conservation con of nt moisture mul lurA In that Ihal part of ot tho thu erton soil colt lying eol below tho the Immediate Tho The miner tiner and dryer the Unit two or three Inches U It made Ionic tIme ho hn will be hO that Hint below I wil It I IH i highly Important Im that this tills truth be 10 well HI understood firmly fixed Ix In iii II tho mind amid ami 11 practised most roU thoroughly t u it will wt do 10 amoco moio molo to 11 help hOlp overcome the tho com 1 taInt mon lon troubles 1 of ot Ohio th tl tiller r of ot the soil soli than hilly any 11 die Ole thing thin that I can eten eln mention sol Time Tho ho growing of ot soiling Is crops OpS a great rent benefit to tony any poor 1 soil whether I It be bl bluntly or stiff clay There Thoro sol ore nio ale per SO oral orai erl el of nf such auch crops croll nf ot which tho the legumes me ale tho the most enact but anything that will wi grow even veti wr weeds do Iven fill ami that Is IK then allowed to 10 rot rol on top lop or L worked Into to time the soil pail lol hoP Iel It materially is IK ono life or Of the beet b Ht things fui tUI soil Improvement that wits was over oer used It I Is to 0 apply too much luch of itt lt It Isell but hut that Is II very cry ry rarely done domie colO It I contains plant tood of ot tile the host hoet kind fur far nearly lenry every over thing that grows anti and Ind In lii II their th lr most available forms It I nJ o contains a it large lares of humus hUnua which Is Ii one Otto 1 of the tho essentIals Il In mik In poor soils rich as ns wo We f hap before considered Bols f Potash Is fib of the tle best beet of ot all plant foods fohs for melts und nl thero there Is no I tinnier hanger ot of hurting hy by I it un loss less tho the chlorine or r some tommie MiO other oIlier that may ra man tie lie mixed with It docs Of or that there thero th ro Is wih little chance eh nr except In II the tho form torm of which Is II very largely sodium chloride or common unit salt sal anti and should Lo be used with knowledge 1111 good 10 ulO H It IH lit wih nil all fOOt I II ni rIgid In Its Il place of pot ot ash Is IN of ot the th polite general ex ox reId relt that It Is IH Unit half hB f PotAsh It I Is 18 tate one IX of ot the very cheapest forms of and a from Ino 10 to t 20 I of at It per P I aero acre rd I per por year en will wi bo lie found very helpful In lii almost any nn soil Rol upon ampere which fruits truls or 11 other othie crops lire Bro grown Krown Sulphate of pot Irown ff null n h Is la equally Rood gao ant and should bo bu used In the sam 1116 same way WO acid Is Ie another very nood nr nail and harming H plant III food If ap PI in almost nii of tIme ordinary In itt I width It Is sold In hone or rock It Is contained In Uw large in the ti former firemen there thero Is seine porno and not over pounds PT tier acre Is but nf of the tho hatter twice that lillIch IH is about rIght bc ho Ul with i groat ekre Of of soda sod art pounds per mu ru ie alt that b be In any no year amid thip better to be antI and one part rut put on la lit the spring spring the Iho rest a month or more inane inter hater It u ip very quick In Its ii action anti may amy easily bo ho Injurious The same Is true of arid ami dried blood Lot there lre bo be no or stinginess Used with a poor soil If t wisdom nail ami energy tire oro and some money ho necessary In th the way tea of avaIlable fertilizer there tie far lots lost need for complaint and the rewards will come In Fruit due fi In Greens |