Show development OF DAMY the present agitation concerning tle the installment of a milk 1 is a commendable one indeed while there aro are many features to be considered aref seriously in their order such las as site location cooperation the selection of proper dairy alry types i etc these may properly be dealt with when we cevet have fully ully decided that a Is one of 0 the essential features tor for a developing ping prosperous rods and perma permanent hent agricultural i community nor 0 40 o 1 ain if I 1 fer that the farmer neri alone should foster chan enterprise tor concern Concer nto to th elife II of the far farmery merIs son I 1 the baker the burther and candle i stick maker and tk ey should rally to I 1 r 1 l 1 its support be the ther r Jur purpose pose of this article to give gi ve avery ivery brief briet lyl lythe 0 chhiet the scientific I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 wel welcomes tomes such eatoe enterprises a i our present knowledge of agricultural methods hasteen has been many many years years ln in the making and it of comparatively recent rece ot date that this data hasteen has been organized into definite workable reliable flaws lawal indeed the establishment of them Ro experiment farm in england in the year 1843 by lawes and abid ll 11 gilbert marks I 1 one ot of t the he greatest steps tep gior for the he nanc y of agricultural science hence among other fundamental fundaments fund funda amenta ments principles now firmly established we note some ot of the following which have a more or less direct bearing upon the subject iu in hand 1 the plant takes from the soil certain elements in the form forin ot of I 1 water soluble salts 2 that these elements I 1 are used in varying amounts by various crops 3 that among these elements nitrogen phosphorous and lotas potassium aro are very ap apt to be present in insufficient or unavailable quantities for the production of maximum crops now in order that tho 60 farmer may be successful it jr important that he x bips leaps from his lan land d al all i that ii ills I 1 Is capable I 1 i abl e 0 of f producing some of the reasons why he does not get gottko the maximum I 1 crops may be enumerated and it is pertinent to note that these are large ja h within swithin h his 19 power to control 1 the virgin soil was in I 1 f fertility or I 1 2 was lacking jn in lime content 3 I 1 much of the available food 1 may bo constant lyt le ached out ofalie soli foilb by excessive rainfall or the unwise us use af irrigation water ay 4 fir continuous 1 aou cropping of the soil to the same crops i and making makine no return of organic matter to replace that which is froin the ahe farm the land may pe be entirely ay d depleted eis pl eted thus by chemical analysis naly it is shown that a aa twenty ton per acre acre I 1 yield of sugar beets will recover from this the soil 64 pounds of nitrogen 16 pounds of phosphorous pho and pounds of bf I 1 potassium rate irate 1 of f SO bushels per acre will recover 48 pounds of nitrogen 10 pounds of phosphorous and 24 pounds of potassium pot aasum assum the i average soil over anatro to the it 1 ae depth i it li i of eight inches i cotita contains in s only 2200 I 1 phosphorous tho the ex act amoun ilof nitrogen in thestil the soil is t j i ve very ry difficult to det determine ernil ne but is ia v very ery apt to give out and pounds of POt potassium assim I 1 hence if iab ests ire are edcius exclusively i I 1 and continuously bously i grown upon tuch soil with no additions made in the chii form forin of fertilizers it ca produce ackop i tor 78 years similarly 1 wheat may be grown about 2 00 years I 1 and it is well well tol to bear bear in mind that each year the crop must diminish in quan city this is not an idle dream as the ex experience er lence of them the new england farmers have haie demonstrated nor Is new Jc inglan ten gland alone cufre suffering from depleted farm lands in certain wide dregs areas in the south which fivek wn cotton or tobacco for over a century have become so reduced in fertility that these crops can nao no longer be enco no produced for commercial fertilizer involves considerable cost then justly cyril hopkins asserts that the farmers of america are robb ers ca cf thestil the soil and are paving the way to certain famine for the future genara generations I 1 lest left we come to this s tat ot OL I 1 I 1 affairs it Js its highly important that i we consider consid erthe the means meang at atour our disposal disposal of ai erting it the ilie remedy is sl simple ni ale I 1 and effective it involves tho practice ice of crop rotation andl live livestock stoa fa farm in ing a splendid I 1 combination u on i all farms arms theres Th ereis little doubt abut but what list t the dairy cowl cow ind and I 1 I 1 I 1 potatoes or some bother other vegetable e or cerial crop will supply tile the deeds needs no farmed fanner ican can put alig ats eggs nto into on one basket he cannot grow pota potatoes e bd alone oneail and always ava age ge faa justifiable net I 1 I 1 J I 1 I 1 ac ill I 1 i I 1 return it if thie th potato disease boum allow such procedure no more than wa we in ia Drig brigham bain jiovo grow peaches bache exclusively x J I 1 I 1 clu and keep J e u wolf olf f corp tile the door hence it not that we were aeve developing loping other 1 phases of aal ag ri cultural activity for which abic our on arii I 1 dit editions ions adapt adap t usand upon which the very foundations bt bf bur exist elisten c a as s lations and individuals is depend well yell has sully rom romar arkad kod that agriculture is s I 1 one of the breasts from which I 1 the I 1 1 1 state muk must draw its I 1 I 1 the dairy cow is not no tonly lonar a I 1 ery plenteous and d dependable sarce source of I 1 ir i the butterf butter ind and cheese but the manure created t f om hor bor keen Is worth wo bollara do llara aud and fit fl ty ity ceata per ton if p properly cared tor for lad and returned to the soll soil 1 so let us up wi aca ii a united C it boost jia yen de I 1 I 1 1 foaad th establishment pta ofa large conden i on den dens sery eryl afia th then efi not depend upon u on ou taldo ca pi taIlo lii but bu I 1 14 I 1 k i j iiii P i i if 11 it a cooperative anair affair m make ak edit 11 our establishment and our sou source ree of wealth if in aln 1 11 |