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be seen to be either believed or appreciated. Of 

 course no such striking result follows inoculation on 

 soils where clover of any kind has been already 

 grown and where the soil is consequently supplied 

 with the clover organism. Crimson clover will not 

 be likely to succeed in any part of the tropics. 



Hairy Vetch. 



The hairy vetch QVicia villosa) is another winter- 

 growing legume that is of great importance for the 

 Southern states, and it deserves to be much more 

 widely cultivated. It should be planted in the late 

 summer or fall, like the crimson clover, but as the seeds 

 are large and the young plants much more vigorous 

 it does not require such careful preparation of the 



