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cereal, is very beneficial. Planted in September it 

 is in fair condition to plow under in March. 



cow peas. 



Cow peas are the standard cover crops in the fig 

 districts of this country, during warm seasons. 

 Among more than thirty varieties the Iron should 

 be used, being immune to nematodes and root-rot. 

 Some varieties tend to climb trees, while others 

 bunch, or bush. Their action upon the soil is so 

 well known and so fully described in the rural pa- 

 pers as to require no discussion. 



CRIMSON CLOVER. 



"An excellent annual for the Middle South, but 

 not hardy in Nebraska." (Neb. Bull., 84.) "There 

 were planted side by side on August 1, 1906, three 

 plats of clover, one of crimson, one of common red 

 and one of mammoth. The soils were gravelly and 

 porous. The crimson clover made far more rapid 

 growth in the fall than did the others. All clovers 

 wintered well, but in the spring the freezing and 

 thawing killed nearly all of the crimson clover. It 

 had, however, served its purpose as a cover crop." 

 It deposited more nitrogen in the soil than any oth- 

 er variety tried. (Corn. Bull., 135.) 



