. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. â p 252 The Canadian Farmers \ :;â :';* I ,_; u. through this, the up[)er parts are soon covered with a corky coating, and only the tine root-fibres, rami
. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. â p 252 The Canadian Farmers \ :;â :';* I ,_; u. through this, the up[)er parts are soon covered with a corky coating, and only the tine root-fibres, ramifying through the sub- soil, convey food to the [dant. " The value of the root is equal to that of the leaf and stalk to the farmer. As Dr. Voelcker's experiments clearly prove, there remains in the soil, after the removal of the crop, an enormous weight of clover roots, which on their decomposition supply, in an available form, a large amount of plant food that this vigorous feeder has collected largely from sources that would have been inaccessible to the finer tendrils of wheat roots. Furthermore, clover roots penetrate deeply into the subsoil, and when they decay they leave open a well-furnished and inviting channel by which the roots of more delicate plants can descend beyond the infiuence of droujrh*^.. This is in addition to the accumulation of nitrogen in the substance of the roots, and in the fallen leaves of the croj>. Whatever the reason may be, the fact is most obvious, whenever I have been able to observe its effect, that the growth of clover has mvariably added to the apparent fertility (the available fertility) of the soil. The good effect is much more obvious after two years' growth of the ; Many American farmers believe so heartily in the efficacy of the clover plant as a renovator of land, that they are willing to lose one whole crop in order to ensure a thoroughly good crop of wheat in the succeeding year, thus going a step further with
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