. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. 248 SOILS AND PLANT LIFE Along the highways, on stony hillsides, in neglected places, and here and there in cultivated fields from Ala- bama to Wyoming, and from California to New Jersey, we find a once rejected plant that is now coming to be recognized as one of the farmer's truest friends. It is sweet clover, — and it is not a weed. Rather it is a valu- able forage and pasture crop when stock have once learned to eat it. It is a wonder worker for the soil and it yields honey for the bees. In barren, neglected toba
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. 248 SOILS AND PLANT LIFE Along the highways, on stony hillsides, in neglected places, and here and there in cultivated fields from Ala- bama to Wyoming, and from California to New Jersey, we find a once rejected plant that is now coming to be recognized as one of the farmer's truest friends. It is sweet clover, — and it is not a weed. Rather it is a valu- able forage and pasture crop when stock have once learned to eat it. It is a wonder worker for the soil and it yields honey for the bees. In barren, neglected tobacco fields, in stiff clayey irrigation land, and indeed in nearly any. Fig. 110. — The white clover. soil that is rich in lime, even though it be lacking other- wise in fertility, sweet clover thrives and prepares the way for other crops. When the portion of the line, which is following up the Mississippi River, reaches the junction of,that river with the Missouri, they will find the red clover, which most of us know and love so well, coming into its own. Westward they will find it to Kansas, eastward, to the coast, and northward, to the Canadian line. Those in the far West will also find it on the Pacific coast north of California. Red clover, good farmers will tell you, are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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