That is science as well as rhyme. Pulverize the 'soil and get pay for your toil. The farmer feeds and clothes the millions. To help him do this with pleas ure and profit is the mission of this little book. Every farmer in the South should have this helper at hand and learn to take more pride in being a farmer. The: first thing, except one, that we remember in this world, we shouldered our hoe and marched ofi to the cotton field. So we were taught to plow and to hoe, to reap and to mow, and always keep up with our row. Through life we have continued to study soil and plants. We have found pleasure and profit in learning how to make the soil grow good crops. Now, in response to a thousand requests, we have tried to tell how to do this.