MANURING AND FERTILIZING 



Being larger seeded, it Is considerably easier 

 to obtain a stand on dry soils and in dry sea- 

 sons than it is of the smaller seeded clovers. 

 It Is usually best to sow in drills the ordinary 

 width, seven inches, apart. 



Cow peas are universally used as a cover and 

 green manure crop in the South, but they do 

 not thrive so well In the North. One and one 

 half to two bushels of seed are required per 

 acre. In the North the earlier maturing varie- 

 ties of soy beans are almost equally good. One 

 to one and one half bushels of seed are sown 

 per acre. 



Leguminous cover crops are also the best and 

 the cheapest source of nitrogen for the apple 

 orchard, after they are well established. Their 

 use may be overdone, however. Too much 

 nitrogen results in a growth of wood at the ex- 

 pense of fruit buds. To avoid this it is often 

 advisable to use non-leguminous and leguminous 

 crops alternately, when the orchard is making 

 a satisfactory growth. Sometimes also these 

 two kinds of crops, as buckwheat and clover 

 for example, may be combined with good re- 

 sults. When this is done one half the usual 

 amount of seed of each should be used. 



Early Plowing. — Many people make the 



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