Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu01hatc Year: 1906 THE THREE CS—COWS, CORN AND CLOVER 113 is thoroughly mixed with the soil. Besides being an excellent feeding stuff, and adding nitrogen to the soil, clover is a splendid crop to sow with oats, follow- ing corn, offering an excellent opportunity for rota- tion of crops, the advantages of which have already been pointed out. COV^S IN A CLOVER FIELD. Cows are a constant source of income to the farmer, and, at the same time, they supply him with the cheap- est and
Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu01hatc Year: 1906 THE THREE CS—COWS, CORN AND CLOVER 113 is thoroughly mixed with the soil. Besides being an excellent feeding stuff, and adding nitrogen to the soil, clover is a splendid crop to sow with oats, follow- ing corn, offering an excellent opportunity for rota- tion of crops, the advantages of which have already been pointed out. COV^S IN A CLOVER FIELD. Cows are a constant source of income to the farmer, and, at the same time, they supply him with the cheap- est and best of fertilizers. You will remember, that if the manure from a single cow were carefully saved during the year and applied to the soil its value as fertilizer would be nearly $20, besides improving the texture of the soil to a marked degree. With cows, corn and clover, the raising of sheep and hogs is made possible and profitable. The cows and
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