. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. Fig. Fig. 147. Red Clover. Fig 148. The introduction of clover into England, it is often said, produced an entire revolution in her agriculture; and, indeed, when we consider how important a part it plays in our own system of farming, we can with diffi- culty imagine how our anc
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. Fig. Fig. 147. Red Clover. Fig 148. The introduction of clover into England, it is often said, produced an entire revolution in her agriculture; and, indeed, when we consider how important a part it plays in our own system of farming, we can with diffi- culty imagine how our ancestors ever got on at all in farming without it. Be this as it may, it is certain that it led to many ot" the most important improvements in the rotation of crops. Clover is very properly regarded as a fertilizer of the soil. The action of its long and powerful tap-roots is not only mechanical, — loosening the soil, and admitting the air,—but also chemical, serv-. 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 Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. Boston : J. E. Tilton
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