The Story of the Soil and The Farm That Won't Wear Out

These two books explain each other.

• The first is a fictional account, based on the science behind agriculture.
• The second is a shortened explanation of that science.

When you read his fiction-based-on-fact, you can get moved by the drama, but also get educated meanwhile.

Even through what seems to be archaic sterotypes, there is completely valid education to get while you are entertained.

That is the point of matching up these two popular books into a single volume.

Have a good time, and learn how to make a living growing good food. It's called sustainable agriculture, although Hopkins also touched on how to rebuild “worn-out” farms.

Either way, these are good reads.

Please enjoy.

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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 auto-suggestion.

THE FARM THAT WON'T WEAR OUT was first published serially in THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, the privilege having been granted the author of subsequent publication. It is now issued in book form in response to numerous requests coming especially from the Central, Eastern, and Southern States.

CYRIL G. HOPKINS.

306pg.