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dition to risk from unsuitable weather. Undoubtedly labor 

 could be more profitably employed in saving hay, especially 

 if cow peas, melilotus, lespedeza, or other renovating plant 

 were grown for hay, thus benefiting the land through the 

 roots and stubble left in the soil, while furnishing a cheap 

 and highly nutritious forage for live stock. 



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