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book, the clovers are legumes, and all legumes are able 

 by means of the bacteria that live on their roots to use the 

 free nitrogen of the air. Hence without cost to the farmer 

 these clovers help the soil to feed their neighbors, the 

 true grasses. For this reason then some light perennial 

 legume should 

 always be added 

 to grass seed. 



It is not pos- 

 sible for grasses 

 to do well in a 

 soil that is full of 

 weeds. For this 

 reason it is always 

 best to plant grass 

 in fields from 

 which cultivated 

 crops have just 

 been taken. The 

 soil in which grass 

 is to be planted 

 should have its 

 particles pressed 

 together. The 

 small grass seeds 

 cannot take root 

 and grow well in land that has just been plowed and which, 

 consequently, has its particles loose and comparatively far 

 apart. On the other hand, land from which a crop of corn 

 or cotton has just been harvested is in a compact condition. 

 The soil particles are pressed well together. Such land 



SINGLE PLANT OF "GIANT MILLET : 



From original furnished by United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Division of Agrostology 



