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Show BAD PRACTICE OF FARMERS One Cannot Afford to Burn Corn Stalks and Put Nothing Back In ' Form of Humus. (By B. E. SARA It always makes me feel sad to see smoke arising from the burning corn stalkB in the field, because the farmer is burning up his land and doesn't know it. How can we expect to burn up stock which the soil produces and put nothing back in tbo way of humus, and then hope to keep our soil in good condition? Maybe I'm wrong when I say that farmers do not know what they're doing, do-ing, for doubtless some of them do know that it is a bad practice, but burning stalks is easier than disking or cuttitj them up, and they are a nuisance to plot, them under. Some farmers say there is no benefit in plowing under stalks, but I cannot figure it out that way, because I do not see how we can go robbing our soil and keep up the fertility. It costs very little to keep a sheep and a flock of 60 sheep is worth money. |