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clover dies the second year, leaving the field in grass. Clover 

 should be cut for hay before the first blossoms turn brown. If cut 

 before the seeds form, it will put out again and, in its efforts to 

 seed, will make a heavy second crop. If cut late, after the seeds 

 form, the second crop will be light. Mammoth clover is a rank- 

 growing variety of red clover. 



Red clover Crimson clover Cowpeas 



FOUR VALUABLE LEGUMES 



Alfalfa 



Crimson Clover. Crimson clover is an annual used as a forage 

 crop in the central and southern states. It requires a mild climate 

 and thrives on lighter soil than other clovers. It is sowed in the 

 summer or fall, furnishes a valuable winter cover crop, and matures 

 in the spring; often it is cut or plowed under to give place to a crop 

 of cotton, tobacco, or corn. 



Cowpeas. Where it thrives, the cowpea is one of the best 

 forage crops and soil improvers. It is a tender, strong-feeding 

 annual. It grows better on thin, sandy soil than any other forage 

 crop, and adapts itself to different conditions of soil and moisture. 



