SERVICE OF COVER CROPS 



6. They make the soil porous, so that proper aeration is 

 secured. 



7. They are a means for overcoming irrigation hard-pan and 

 plow-sole. 



8. While growing they prevent the washing of the soil by 

 the storm waters. 



9. While growing they probably assist in preventing the radi- 

 ation of heat from the ground in time of a freeze. 



10. They do away with the cultivation of the ground during 

 the winter months. 



Each of these reasons suggests a chapter of discussion and 

 explanation which can not be indulged in. Every reader should 

 keep himself up to date in this progressive subject by thoughtful 

 reading of our horticultural journals and proceedings of our horti- 

 cultural assemblies. 



