AGRICULTURE AND ART.
Correctly speaking, the tilling of the soil is an art rather than a science, and it is an art in which the most capable and experienced cannot'hope to attain perfection. The cultivation of the soil, and the maintenance of its fertility, is so much influenced by local conditions, and so intricate in details, that there is absolutely no hope that the hard and unyielding rules of science can ever be applied with unvarying success.
While we must not forget that science has aided the farmer, and will 'continue to aid him in many ways, yet we must also remember that the best rules which have been laid down as a guide to the farmer in cultivating the soil arei simply the result of much practical experience and reasonable deductions. The idea that the rules of science could be applied to the cultivation of the soil without deviation was the cause of many Costly mistakes in the days gone by. Many years ago. Jethro Tull laid down the rule that “Good cultivation is half manuring,” and it is an axiom which science will never alter.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3533, 4 September 1926, Page 4
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187AGRICULTURE AND ART. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3533, 4 September 1926, Page 4
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