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Show - - - - - - - - Cover Crops Renew Soil Soilt t Cover crops are protective ccops crops ccopsthat cropsthat cropsthat that 1 } lave 1ave ave aBSllmednew assumednew assumed aBSllmed new Jmportance importance Jmportancedunnj importanceduring importanceduring dunnj during ; the war years , according accordmg to the theWar theWar theWar War Food Administration AdlDJDlstrahon Adnunistrahon . . 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When Whcn land is not hew/ hew being hewused beuse { / : used by the themllln themain themain mllln main croo cron crop , legumes , fininll small grains grams , , and andgnlSJes andgrasses andgrasses gnlSJes grasses ; as a cover also prevent erosion ero eroS10n croElon sion S10n , , , eonsen conserve consene e moisture mOlstnre and decrease decreaserunoff decreaserunoff decreaserun-off decreaserun off run-off run off - - hold plant food Cood that micht mlht miht . , , be beleached beleached beleached leached leachedout out andsupplv andsupply and euppiv supplv supply large brge quantI quann quantIbes quannties quantilies bes ties ofnutrillo ofnutntto of nulnlio nutrillo nutntto s livestock feed When Whenturned Whenturned Whenturned turned turnedunder under thy tcy t } cy addorgallle addorganic add organic orgallle ma mater mater nialer ter to the soil which makes m3kes it absorb"ater absorbrater absorb absorbatcr "ater ater rater " atcr more reac readily reacily . y and gives it new"lIfe new"life new "lIfe lIfe " life . . , " Winl Wmt Want r legumes are particLlarly putIcL.larly putIcLlarly particLiarly : . vnI viii vnIuable viiiuable vnlliable uable as . . . a tource source ource of nitrogen ondor andor and ond or orgame orgame orgame game mat er IIndare andare and IInd are usedutenslvely usedtatensively used fcUensivelyin utenslvelym tatensivelyin utenslvely tatensively m in the tIte So.lIband So.ithand Sojth So.lIb SolIb So.ith Soith . andm andin and in m some Western WesternStates WesternStates WesternStates States . . Under Ve average age cond cord tions hODS It Ithas ithas ilhas has been found that t-at t at ! - en Itn acre ofVlJnter ofwinter of VlJnter winter winter1 1 "iimc iimc " olmc ime qS < 3 er crops vill nl1 will t . Le L.e the place placeof placeof placeof of 1M 100 to tol tor - ? 9 0 pour pounds poU1ls ! ; ds of nitrate ofsoda of sodaAustrl"u sodaAustri"a soda Austrian Austrl"u Austrlu Austri"a Austria " winter1 wln.tej wlntej wsnteji . 'peas peas ' peas , , , h hairy hlry hiiry lry "etch etch retch "etchS.OOLU retche.iootli " letchE S.OOLU SOOLU e.iootli eiootli . S.OOLUve'crl . ioolli vc"crir vccrir vc"crirct vc'rt vcrt ve'crl vecrl ' " , CmSGn Ct C\ C \ nison mSGn maon c oi . 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In m Int1'6 mtholartein intiM t1'6 t16 tholartein ' or } t ata tJ States as a I ! summer cover coverProd coverFrodv7rY coverProdtm"gBiirOaCn coverProdtmgBiirOaCn Prod Frodv7rY 1C't 1Ct " " ' " turocn lro ! , cn . at home t-l t l n - t is . i manner caves saves money and helps COD con CODserve conserve conserve serve labor , materials , , , and aDd transporta traniporta transportatIOD traniportanon tran'portalion tranportalion ' tIOD non needed for military WJhtary supphe supplies supplieswTA , , wrA WFA points pomts out our , sa as wellas well as makmg making makmgless makingless makingless less heavy demands on limited blOtted sup tup-plies tup plies . . - phes plies ofmlrogen ofnitrogen of nitrogen mlrogen ferhbzersLegumes fertilizersLegumes fertilizers ferhbzers fertilizersLegumes Legumes and grasses in 10 rotationwith rotationwithcultivated rotation rotallon WIth WIthculuvated withcultivated culuvated cultivated culuvatedcrops cultivatedcrops crops serve a II double pur- pur puts purpose putspose pur"pose purpose - " pose by increasing 10ereasmg tlie the fertility of the theso1l thesoil theeolL so1l soil , , andm and in 10 m turn the 1he crop yield 'teld teld ) ' . , , and andby andby andby by protecting protectlDg the soil from dcstrucuve destructive dcstrucuveerOSIOI1 destructiveerosion destructiveerosion erOSIOI1 erosion and loss 1058 of moisture Feed Feedfor Feedfor Feedfor for hvestockis livestock hvcstocl hvestock . is made available by such suchcover suchcover Euchcover cover crops erops as alfalfa aUaUa kudzu kudzu , , red redI redclover redclover redclover clover , Ecncca seneca lespedcza lespedeza , and8ee andsweei and 8\\ee 8 ee sweei sweeiclover s\ s seetclover \ \ eetclover . I elover clover A goodrotahon goodrotation good rotation rotahon usually In Ineludes indudes ineludes eludes dudes legnmes legumes and aod legume grass mlJl mix mixlures mixhires : tures lures says wr WTA WFA A Kyegrass Ryegrass is used usedextensively usedextensively usedextensively extensively as a winter WlDter cover in m prac prac- pmts pracI1cal1y pmtsreally practically - tically I1cal1y really all areas . . Rotations Rolal10ns will willary willDry willvary \ \ary ary \Dry Dry vary \ in 10 different ell ch ellmatcs chmates climates matcs mates and ond locations andon and on different differentsOIls differentsoils differentcoils sOIls Eacli Each farm faun requires reqUIrCS its lis own owneo.ercrop owncoreocrop owncover-crop owncover crop eo.er-crop eo.ercrop eo.er eoer crop coreo-crop coreo . - - - program to produce the thebest thebest thebest best results results , , but once ooee it 11 has been es eslahbshed established eslablished lahbshed lahbshedIt tablished tablishedit it prondes proudes presides a II basis haslS for lor gelUng getting gelUngthe gettingthe gellingthe the most from every acre at the rhe lellSt least lellStcost leastcost leastcost cost to the 1he farmer and to the landrarmcrs landrarmers land landFarmers Farmers rarmcrs rarmers are urged urgcd by WFAnot VFA WFA not to tolea tolease toleaie lea\ lea leae lease \ e ground bare after turning turnmg under undera a summer legume crop erop in m the Call fall CallMo fallMo fallHo Mo t of the ml mt nit ogen dens derned rlerl\ed rlerl ed \ ed ederom 'rom rom erom ' rom the theluume theluo theIngume luume luo : ; me IS s I kely to be lost through througherosion througherosion througherosion erosion or leacaiag leaciJmg leacmng IfII ifa if a II winter muter cover coverdccS coverdccs coverdecs dccS cot nor not r followAa follow ollow rollow followA Aa A < . e 8 s : ance wee ante in 10 grov gray grav m ins ing : ; cover co\cr co cr \ ard and ardgreen andgreen ardgreen green nnnure nanure crops is p oui oud ovid JI 1i J 1 i ino i \ irio no rio t States under the co'lsenatiori colsenatiori co'lsenatioriprogram CO"lsen COlsen conservationprogram " ' aUoll aUollprogram program administered admlDtstered by the Agnlul Agruul Agnlult.lll Agruult Agniultjr t.lll tlll t . irk , . . ! 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