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we may find it as tall as two feet. We will find that it is 

 sometimes cut for hay, occasionally yielding as much as 

 three tons per acre ; that animals relish it and thrive upon 



Fig. 105. — Field of crimson clover. 



it ; and that the soil becomes richer year by year where it 

 is grown. 



We shall find, too, that progressive planters in these 



