Show FARMER MUST HAVE GRASSES areal ques question tion of keeping up fe fertility etli of soil for fop future crops solved only in one way by W ft 11 GILBERT in attempting to farm without grasses the farmer la Is lifting without a lever he Is pulling a load with tho the weight on the hind wheels he la Is cutting with a dull ax with grass as a basis grains fruits vegetables and meat all al the triumphs of farming are possible the first ahing thang I 1 would advise all those who contemplate buying a farm to look into would be its capacity to grow clover and other nutritious grasses and learn what means would be available for fertilizing til izing such meadows the grass can be converted into milk and its products into beef pork or mutton and returned to the land in tho the form of manure for the grain crops or you may sell the hay by the ton according to the facts of your particular locality I 1 would not advise anyone to think ot of buying a farm that did not have at least 20 acres of grass land that would produce at least two tons of hay bay per acre under favorable conditions the greatest thrift and profit made by farmers off farms in ten of the leading agricultural states that I 1 have visited during tho the past two years year s have been made by those who make dairying and the growing of live stock their chief reliance the great question que of keeping up the fertility of oc the soil tor for future crops can be solved in only one way that Is by bythe the growing of more clovers rid nd grasses and feeding more live stock and returning all of the manure thus made to the fields |