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Excerpt from Productive Soils: The Fundamentals of Successful Soil Management and Profitable Crop Production; 235 Illustrations in the Text The chief concern of the human race is its physical needs. Its greatest needs - food and clothing, depend entirely upon the soil which is intimately associated with life. Myriads Of plants and animals have lived upon the earth for ages and ages because Soil exists. Every nation is deeply interested in the soil and its crops. Shall we grow more wheat to meet the demands Of our increasing population, or shall we import it? Shall we meet the demand for more cotton, or shall it be grown elsewhere? Are our working people to have meat on their tables in the years to come, or will the price Of meat be beyond their means? These questions can be answered only by the soil. Relative Decrease in Wheat and Corn - During the 30-year period between 1879 and 1909, the increase in corn production was per cent, and in wheat production per cent; while the increase in population for the same period was per cent. The production of corn and wheat did not keep pace with the increase in population. During this period the exportation Of wheat declined. 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.

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