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Show KNOWING THE 80IL. Success of Farming Depends on Knowing Know-ing What Your Land Will Do. Tho first thing of Importanco that any farmer has to deal with Is the knowledge of his soil. On this has hinged moro succcbs and moro falluro than on any other kind of knowledge knowl-edge connected with farming. Some soils may Indeod bo so rich that a man does not have to know anything about them to get good results from them, but most of our land is not of this character. Although farmers havo tilled tho soil Blnto the time when tho raco began to dovelup agriculture, yet tbo soli Is the least known thing on almost any farm. Tho very Idea o( studying tho soli Is one that has not yot taken doop root. Most mon can not tell what it Is their suit lacks, and they go on year after year making the sumo blunders. In tho past, tho farm- 1 or was Justified In not knowing tho components of hto soil, becaubo science had not yet taken up tho matter ol soli composition. Put now it Is dlf , forent, and It Is posslblo for every i man to become thoroughly acquainted with the soil on which he is trying to make a living. |