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September 29, 1938
The Potters Herald
East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Agricultural marketing cooperatives should emphasize balanced, diversified farming to prevent soil exhaustion from one-crop practices, as leading co-ops have achieved excellent results.
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The agricultural marketing cooperatives can do much for their membership if they will stress the need for balanced, diversified farming. Some of the leading co-ops have long done this, with excellent results.
One-crop farming, which exhausts the lands, has been responsible for a great many of agriculture's ills. Soil can be worn out like a machine, and left barren and useless. More and more farmers are learning this-and their cooperatives are the logical instruments for advancing the immensely important cause of proper soil utilization.
The agricultural marketing cooperatives can do much for their membership if they will stress the need for balanced, diversified farming. Some of the leading co-ops have long done this, with excellent results.
One-crop farming, which exhausts the lands, has been responsible for a great many of agriculture's ills. Soil can be worn out like a machine, and left barren and useless. More and more farmers are learning this-and their cooperatives are the logical instruments for advancing the immensely important cause of proper soil utilization.
What sub-type of article is it?
Editorial
Agricultural Advice
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Nature
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Soil Conservation
Diversified Farming
Agricultural Cooperatives
One Crop Farming
Soil Exhaustion
Story Details
Story Details
Agricultural cooperatives promote balanced farming to avoid soil exhaustion from one-crop methods, with leading co-ops showing success; farmers increasingly recognize this need.