Show clevor on now land professor thomas of minnesota writes in the live livestock stock report about we th e difficulties in getting clover catches on new land in the northwest ile iia attributes the tact fact to poro porosity ity of new soil I 1 which causes drying winds to penetrate it and take away its moisture at an eschan chiango e commenting on the boic aiu 0 says rays in the dry legions beyond the great likes lakes this way possibly ho be the effect but elsewhere we have found that a soil which it is porous at the sui sol taco face fur the best clover catch loose soil on oil the surface acts as a mulch junk it and keeps the soil below moister than it would otherwise te be wo we have hare usually had bad better catches of clover on oil aind new newly cleared than on that long cultivated on oil the later sowing on in a surface that has been repeated frozen and thawed during the winter gave the bet best results cut but on oil dew cleared land wo we have had jnet t as good cloer catches with oats which aie generally a poor crop to seed with 1 I |