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is sent in you 11 have this history; enter it on the soil test record sheet that accompanies the soil sample.' Some people will say; “this is too much trouble,’1 or “if I’ve got to do all that I’ll quit farming first.” With such an attitude, in most cases, getting out of farming business could well be the wisest move such a person ever made. To be successful at farming today; the man on the land must budget his capital, his machinery, his time, his labor efficiently.

Have you looked up the soil productivity potential of the soils on your farm? if not, I urge that you do so. Lets take a recent case of an experienced farmer right here at home. His operation called for corn for livestock feed. He had bought additional land that had been in a farming operation for years. A field was selected to plant in corn on contoured strips. The field was readily acces8ible;_ of a slope adapted to operation of machinery, had been used for corn production by the previous owner. A soil sample was taken by recommended procedure. Soil types were

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