Brains on the Soil
One great fact looms up in the near futur' Not only the best brain, but the best educated brain most find its place on the farm. There it no dodging it. 'To this complexion mait we come at last.' The day has gone by when merely imitative and routine farming can be successful. Buch farming no longer pays. . The successful farmer henceforth molt hbvesomethingiilcea scientific knowledge of soils, fertilisers, animal*, and foods. He must know how to treat his toil andjhia stock, and. how to feed both economically and bj to secure the best retnl s. Oar agricultural colleges and experiment Stations nave not begun their work any too soon. We most have educated and brainy termers to ran this basic industry. The growing emergencies of the hour demand it. They are brcbming a necessity to mankind: Buch ' f afmllrs will not detert their farms, bat bring to their aid the highest practical knowledge of the hour, and make them produce as they never produced before.—Exchange. .
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Southland Times, Issue 11362, 21 January 1890, Page 4
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170Brains on the Soil Southland Times, Issue 11362, 21 January 1890, Page 4
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