Show Some Advantages Given by Winter Cover Coer Crops Winter cover crops give returns five ways They will preserve the existing fertility There is always some plant food left from the fertilizer applied in the spring and much of oC this will vill leach away uness unless un un- less ess there is a crop growing to take It t up Second the tile cover crop helps to prevent the loss of soil soU and plant food by erosion Third the the cover e crop when turned under will fill fIU the soil with organic matter making It easier to till and Increasing its wa wa- ter holding capacity Fourth leguminous leguminous leguminous cover crops when turned und under r will add more nitrogen per a acre re than thans is s ever likely to be applied at onetime one onetime time In commercial fertilizers A good crop of ot vetch or crimson clover will furnish h more nitrogen than pounds pound's pounds per acre of at nitrate of at soda Fifth cover crops will furnish an abundant yield of high grade hay which may be cut at a time when the he farm tarm Is apt to be getting sho short t of feed |