. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. 184 Effective Farming The seeds of many of the legumes are of use as human food. Beans, peas, peanuts, and some varieties of cowpeas and soy- beans are the chief legumes grown for this purpose. The seeds are rich in protein. Another very important use of legumes is as soil improvers. Legumes, whether grown for forage, seeds, or for turning under as green-manure crops, are of benefit to the soil and their great impor- tance to permanent soil fertility must not be lost ^if'"H't K^J^^ ^^^^^ sight of by the American 5Kb?^«W^I
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. 184 Effective Farming The seeds of many of the legumes are of use as human food. Beans, peas, peanuts, and some varieties of cowpeas and soy- beans are the chief legumes grown for this purpose. The seeds are rich in protein. Another very important use of legumes is as soil improvers. Legumes, whether grown for forage, seeds, or for turning under as green-manure crops, are of benefit to the soil and their great impor- tance to permanent soil fertility must not be lost ^if'"H't K^J^^ ^^^^^ sight of by the American 5Kb?^«W^I^ * {^ farmer if the fertility and L li^^^^^^^^^ ^^V^ productivity of the lands '*'^^i mmdTfiJyr. (Ot &: age. — Many species and varieties of legumes are under cultivation in the United States. Some grow much better in some sections than in others, but there is a variety adapted to every sec- tion. Among the chief legumes grown for forage are red clover, alsike clover, crimson clover, white clover, alfalfa, bur clover, field peas, cowpeas, soybeans, vetches, sweet clover, Japanese clover, Florida beggar-weed, velvet beans, and peanuts. Red clover. — The most important leguminous forage crop in the United States is red clover (Fig. 77). It is easily grow'n, is well adapted to crop rotation, and grows well with timothy, the chief grass used for hay. It has been for a long time a stable hay crop in the northeastern part of the United Fig. 77. — Red clover, the most important leguminous forage crop of the United 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 Sampson, Harry Oscar, 1879-. New York, Macmillan
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