Show from V b r wt WILSON Crops for Green The growing and plowing under of ot various green manure crops Is practiced practiced practiced for tor the purpose of ot a adding humus to heavy soils soUs b restoring fertility to soils soUs that have been over over- cropped and c e adding nitrogen bacteria to soils soUs otherwise poor in nitrogen content PROCEDURES IX IN GREEN It 1 It Is Obviously an expensive pro pro- procedure procedure procedure to withdraw land for an en en- entire entire entire tire season from the production of a a I cash crop devoting it instead to the production of a crop which is to be plowed under for green manure I Such action is seldom justified un un- unless unless unless less the succeeding crop is to be a I permanent one such as an orchard or a tree plantation where It is nee nee- necessary necessary I essary to green manure the land in I order to establish a satisfactory I seed bed for seedlings or young trees Consequently there are four possible types of green which should be considered name name- namely namely namely ly 1 I Using the crop exclusively for green manure as indicated above involving the loss of a cash crop for an entire season 2 plant plant- planting plantIng ing a crop for green manure inter inter- intermixed intermixed intermixed mixed with the regular cash crop as lS is frequently done when the en en- entire entire entire tire crop Is to be hogged off of in the fall 3 planting a green manure crop in mid- mid midor or late summer fol fol- following following lowing the harvesting of ot a regular cash crop and md 4 planting legumes in rotation harvesting for seed or forage and using the stubble or aft aft- as a plow Some of ot the crops most commonly used in inthe Inthe inthe the United States for tor green manur manur- ing are listed below 1 1 Common alfalfa is one of ot the known best crops for this purpose It is a perennial and is grown primarily primarily primarily marily for bay hay but is very effective as lS a green manure crop In orchard sections particularly in the apple orchards of ot the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast areas it is used ex ex- extensively extensively extensively as a cover crop In truck- truck growing sections In the Southwest it has been found indispensable for tor ro ro- rotating rotating ro- ro rotating tating with lettuce cantaloupes and other truck crops When it Is grown in orchards the entire crop is left to mat down as a mulch but in order to reduce fire hazard it is advisable to disc the land in late I fall faU or winter also helps to toc rodent nt and insect infesta infesta- tion In three foot rows alfalfa re re- requires requires rc- rc quires three pounds of ot seed to the acre If It it is planted broadcast or drilled in 15 to 20 pounds per acre are required 2 Buckwheat a crop known for centuries in Asia and Europe is useful on thin or acid soils It will grow on very poor soil and may therefore be used to improve the fertility of over-cropped over fields As Asa a rule it is not necessary to lime a afield afield afield field for the production of ot this crop Buckwheat Is a tender annual and can not be planted until all possible danger of frost is past In northeast northeastern ern United States where it is used most extensively plantings for tor the best results are arc made In late June or early July at the rate of 35 pounds per acre If It the soil is in good condition up to CO GO pounds if It the soil is very poor 3 3 Cowpeas is one of ot the most usual green manure plants to be found In the southern states It makes a valuable forage or seed crop hi In addition to its use for green manure and is moreover adapted to a wide range of soils soUs All varie varie- varieties varieties ties tics of ot this plant are arc tender and should sh uld be planted only after the soil has become well warmed in the spring If It it is planted in rows three feet apart about 20 pounds of ot 1 I seed per acre should be used if It it itis it itis is sown so broadcast the requirements arc are 80 to pounds of ot seed per acre 4 4 Red Clover is one of the best best- known mall alkali all green manure crops It is sometimes planted In fields set aside for tor summer fallow tallow but more commonly planted for tor a tion hay and green manure crop When so used the first growth is cut for hay and the second plowed un der Sometimes however a seed crop Is harvested following the hay haycrop haycrop haycrop crop In that case the stubble only is returned to the soil soU as a fertilizer Red clover is well known kno for tor the nodule forming bacteria that live on I Ithe the roots and store the needed much nitrogen in hi the soil soU I For 01 Inn manure mau traps crops wad ad 6 Ere teat aU to I el ot ts D. D C. C uA a lot let Farm Fm No 1750 FARM lt 1 FIRE PROTECTION Since most farm buildings are arc be be- beyond beyond beyond yond the reach of ot effective tire fire firefighting ing equipment maintained at public to install such home fighting tire fighting equipment as ns may be attainable 1 such as chemical extinguishers f Certain precautions prec should also be observed such as DS keeping supplies of oil gasoline and kerosene housed at safe distances from all buildings Where such supplies are stored the use of ot open lights carelessness In smoking and the backfiring of cars can and trucks frequently cause fires tires |