LEGUMINOUS CROPS. 
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This plant may be sown in orchards late in summer and 
make a splendid cover crop to overcome reflection from the 
snow in winter and early spring, after which it may be plow¬ 
ed under, adding much fertility to the soil. 
The plant is easily destroyed and in no sense will be¬ 
come a nuisance. 
It is already apparent that the farmers of the Arkansas 
Valley must fertilize and rotate crops if success is to be ob¬ 
tained. The larger farms are being more and more cut up 
into smaller ones. 
On small farms alfalfa cannot be grown to advantage; 
it takes too long to get it established and after it is well es¬ 
tablished, it is difficult to eradicate. 
The small farmer should get the best possible results 
from his farm, and if leguminous crops can be so combined 
that he may take two crops from the same land in one year, 
they will be of profit to him. 
The following outline will briefly show how some of the 
crops above mentioned may be combined as fertilizers: 
Field peas may be sown early in spring with oats and cut 
for hay the latter part of June. The ground may then be 
planted to Mexican beans. 
Field peas may be sown early and allowed to ripen seed, 
after which the land may be devoted to Cow-peas which 
may be either turned under or cut for hay. 
Hairy Vetch may be sown in the fall and plowed under 
in the following spring. Mexican beans or Cow-peas may 
follow it. 
Cow-peas may be sown quite early in the spring and 
cut for hay, after which the land may be sown to vetch and 
the growth turned under the following spring. 
By some such system of cropping as outlined above, the 
farmer can make his supply of yard manure do much greater 
service. 
The above mentioned crops will enter nicely into a 3 or 
4 year rotation with cantaloupes, beets or tomatoes. 
