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Show 1 " it SOIL TEXTURE. A horse blanket is coaranyigjyf a busy's undershirt, and gunii ML&k coaisc than si'k handkerchief because be-cause of the difference in texture, not on'y of material but method of weaving. weav-ing. One soil is fine giained uid readily packs, while another is fina grained and will not pack. On the ollieffitmJ," one soil is coarse and lumpy and another an-other is coarse but not lumpy. It is all due to a difference in texture. Sppot you haw a ffurm that is a heavy clay. Tht plow may or mny not Sfcour, tut the furrow rolls up in great clods of packed soil instead of crumbling crumb-ling as it falls from the mo'd-board. That soil has a fine grain and the grains adhere. Just the thing for making mak-ing mud pie or maybe brick or tile. In order to plow such land ami get r decent seedbed without exceiuiv work you have to wait until very Inn. in the spring before nlowing. Tt docs fairly well then bul not as it should. P'anfcs get their witcr and th mineral cl emails dissolved in th. water from the snil by meant r.f root-hairs, and th onlv. Tlie root-hairs are very delicate ami it : readily seen that they cannot penetrate pene-trate a clay ball wet or dry. .Tlioy work their way in between the nl grains and absorb the ihin ftUmtit's of water surrounding each grain. Soil texture is of great inuvnrtanc in aiding or hindering plant feeding It is folly to In iu plowing s ctrlv that the soil turns up lumpv. It M presses the soil grains c'osoly tog!th M er and they stick. It may take ail M summer or oven a year to disinl-- M grate those lumps again so the plant M fbod becomes available.. M Just a day or so delay often makes H a ficlJ dry enough to plow right. But H dd'ay is often a great setback to H arm operations. If a soil is inclined H to ba heavy it needs something that M will change its texture. An applies M tion of lime causes a heavy soil 4o H become more crumbly because it pre- H veil 15 packing. H When a soil gets deficient in humtn fl dead phut matter it beqomes M sticky and heavy. To restore ich soil to proper texture humus M mus' be added. This can be done by M gi owing the legumes, for they have a M great toot system that penetrates M deeplj. The decayed roots benefit the M toxtura uf the soil. Plowing undjr stubble and cornstalks, weeds, etc . M instead of '.timing manure docs the H same thing. All these assist good til- M age in restoring a woruout soil to iis H pro-r testre Crop rotation is 1111- H ci.it o Scccssful Farming H |