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Description:Excerpt from The Work of the Bureau of Soils The soil survey is of considerable value also in furnishing instruo tion as to the cultivation of different kinds of soils in various parts of the country. That sandy soils and heavy clay soils require widely different methods of cultivation has long been known, but the great importance of this has been most clearly brought out by the compara tive methods of the soil survey. For example, the proper cultivation of the sandy soils in the cotton-growing districts of the South Atlantic States is well understood, but the productive value of the clay soils is so little appreciated that they have never been given the importance which they deserve. These clay soils would be more productive than the sandy soils if they were properly cultivated. By calling to the attention of the farmers in these districts the profitable yields obtained from similar lands in other parts of the country, and by showing them that the crop yields on those heavy soils would give them a larger net profit, even though the cost of cultivation be greater than on the sandy soils, the Bureau expects to bring about the cultivation of productive soils which have remained practically untouched. As an illustration of the monetary value of the Bureau's work in establishing the relation between soils and crops, it may be stated that the soils of the Connecticut Valley, which the Bureau declared were adapted to the growing of a superior wrapper tobacco, increased in value more than threefold. The successful termination of the Bureau's experiments in growing Cuban filler tobacco will double or treble the price of certain soil types in our Southern States. Other instances of the increase of land values through the discovery of the adaptation of certain soils to special crops may be cited. The trucking soils of the Atlantic seaboard have increased of late years from a nominal value of $5 an acre to $200 or more an acre. The rice lands of Louisiana have increased in value from $5 to $50 an acre. The Florida soils, adapted to the growing of pineapples, have risen in value from practically nothing to over $500 an acre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Work of the Bureau of Soils (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Work of the Bureau of Soils (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Work of the Bureau of Soils The soil survey is of considerable value also in furnishing instruo tion as to the cultivation of different kinds of soils in various parts of the country. That sandy soils and heavy clay soils require widely different methods of cultivation has long been known, but the great importance of this has been most clearly brought out by the compara tive methods of the soil survey. For example, the proper cultivation of the sandy soils in the cotton-growing districts of the South Atlantic States is well understood, but the productive value of the clay soils is so little appreciated that they have never been given the importance which they deserve. These clay soils would be more productive than the sandy soils if they were properly cultivated. By calling to the attention of the farmers in these districts the profitable yields obtained from similar lands in other parts of the country, and by showing them that the crop yields on those heavy soils would give them a larger net profit, even though the cost of cultivation be greater than on the sandy soils, the Bureau expects to bring about the cultivation of productive soils which have remained practically untouched. As an illustration of the monetary value of the Bureau's work in establishing the relation between soils and crops, it may be stated that the soils of the Connecticut Valley, which the Bureau declared were adapted to the growing of a superior wrapper tobacco, increased in value more than threefold. The successful termination of the Bureau's experiments in growing Cuban filler tobacco will double or treble the price of certain soil types in our Southern States. Other instances of the increase of land values through the discovery of the adaptation of certain soils to special crops may be cited. The trucking soils of the Atlantic seaboard have increased of late years from a nominal value of $5 an acre to $200 or more an acre. The rice lands of Louisiana have increased in value from $5 to $50 an acre. The Florida soils, adapted to the growing of pineapples, have risen in value from practically nothing to over $500 an acre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Work of the Bureau of Soils (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Work of the Bureau of Soils (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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