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LEGUMES 



SOILS FOR LEGUMES 



Certain legumes are well known as crops that can be grown on 

 poor soils, as field beans and cow peas, the old adage " too poor to 

 eprout black-eye peas " being the last word on poor soil. Other 

 legumes require good soils, notably alfalfa, which seldom succeeds 



FIG. 167. Plot on right had lime applied, on left no lime. Note difference in amount and 



growth of red clover. 



except on good, productive soils. The common legumes may be 

 roughly grouped as follows : 



1. Legumes that will grow on poor soils : Beans, field peas, cow 

 peas, alsike clover, lespedeza, burr clover. 



2. Legumes requiring better soils: Red clover, sweet clover, 

 vetches, white clover, soy beans. 



