The Story
of the
Soil
by

Cyril
Hopkins

CONTENTS

The Old South

Forty Acres in the Corn Belt

Lincoln's View of Agriculture.

Life's Choice

Worn Out Farms

The Musicale

A Bit of History

Westover

The Black Peril

The Slave and the Freedman

Judgment to Come

The Restoration

Why Percy Went to College

A Lesson in Farm Science

Coeducation

Past Self-Redemption

More Problems

Closer to Mother Earth

From Richmond to Washington

A Lesson in Optimism

A In the Office of the Chief

The Chemist's Laboratory

Mathematics Applied to Agriculture

The Nation's Capitol

A Lesson on Tobacco

Another Lesson on Tobacco

Eighteen to One

Farmer or Professor

The Ultimate Comparison

"Stone Soup"

Theories Versus Facts

Guessing and Gassing

The Diagnosis and Prescription

Planning for Life

Sealed Lips

Hard Times

Harder Times

An Awakening Dream

Honey Without Wax.

Inspiration

The Kindergarten

Advance Information

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THE STORY OF
THE SOIL

From the Basis Of Absolute
Science
and Real Life

BY
CYRIL G.
HOPKINS

Author of "Soil Fertility and Permanent
Agriculture"

BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE
GORHAM PRESS
1911

Copyright, 1910, by Richard G. Badger.
All
Rights Reserved.

TO MY WIFE

PREFACE

Truth is better than fiction;
and this true story of the soil is written in co-operation with the Press of
America and in competition with popular fiction.

The scenes described exist; the references given can all be
found and verified; and the data quoted are exact, although some of the story
dates antedate the scientific data.

As a rule the names employed are substitutes, but the general
localities are as specified.

If the
Story of the Soil should ever fall into the hands of any individual who suspects
that he has contributed to its information, the author begs that he will accept
as belonging to himself every gracious attribute and take it for granted that
anything of opposite savor was due to autosuggestion.

CYRIL G.
HOPKINS.
University of Illinois, Urbana.