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This class includes the beans, peas, vetches, and clovers ; and 

 second, non-leguminous plants, such as oats, rye, buckwheat, 

 rape, turnips, and salt bushes. 



These crops may be sub-divided further into two kinds, first, 

 those that die after a few fall frosts like the beans and peas, and 

 second, those that pass the winter and begin to grow in the spring 

 like the clover and hairy vetch. 



( Mr. Powell then illustrated a large number of cover crops by 

 lantern slides discussing the merits and demerits of each one. 

 The crops he thought best adapted to Maine were the cow peas 

 and soy beans for the coarser lands and following them the hairy 

 and spring vetches, alfalfa and crimson clover. The cow pea, 

 soy bean and vetches are especially valuable on land that has not 

 previously been sown in cover crops, while the crimson clover 

 and alfalfa are at the top of the golden chain of cover crops and 

 require the finest preparation of the soil. 



Of the non-leguminous crops rye, rape and cow horn turnip 

 were strongly recommended. The speaker also discussed the 

 advantage of mixing several cover crops together like crimson 

 clover and cow peas, clover and vetch, or clover and turnips. 

 The coarser crops shades the clover which usually makes a strong 

 sfrowth during the late fall months.) 



