. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. CLOVERS AND OTHER LEGUMES 249 other words for better agriculture, since it not only fits into the crop rotation, but it is easily and quickly estab- hshed and makes an excellent forage for five stock. Throughout this same region and extending to some distance northward, the little white, or Dutch clover is found. In fact it has a wider range than that indicated, but it is in this region that it is best known. It is a low, creeping clover ; and as we soon dis- cover, it is an unfailing sign of a fertile soil. In this
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. CLOVERS AND OTHER LEGUMES 249 other words for better agriculture, since it not only fits into the crop rotation, but it is easily and quickly estab- hshed and makes an excellent forage for five stock. Throughout this same region and extending to some distance northward, the little white, or Dutch clover is found. In fact it has a wider range than that indicated, but it is in this region that it is best known. It is a low, creeping clover ; and as we soon dis- cover, it is an unfailing sign of a fertile soil. In this same region, we find still another clover, a plant, which, because it resembles both red and white clovers, is thought by man J' to be a cross be- tween the two. It is known as alsike. We find it on the lower, wetter grounds and on those poorer in lime. It differs from the white clover in that it becomes tall enough to cut for hay, though we find it used principally in pastures. There are still some other legumes of rather less im- portance that our line of investigators will doubtless have found. Among these is the soy bean, wfflch thrives throughout the Corn Belt and southward, the peanut, and the vetches, the latter being found all over the South and even as far north as New York. Notwithstanding the fact that legumes are held in high esteem by farmers everywhere and must in the future. Fig. 111. — An alsike clover 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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