Show J i I USE SWEET CLOVER TO IMPROVE SOILS r t y Kansas r ansas Agricultural College I j Shows Where Newly Recognized TEA Crop Is Profitable JJ w. w i r Sweet clover excels alfalfa as a ai and is superior to all i cattle pasture II other crops for Improving soils det deficient de- de t in organic matter t though 5 It S 'S I has lias been be n lately overrated overrate as a crop y to tu grow under all circumstances These hese c conclusions n are are reach d as a feS result t of investigations by the the the-agron agron- agron fX L J omy my department of the Kansas State i- i Agricultural college cc t. i In the past two years says says C. C Ch C. C h Cinningham assistant in op co-op cooperative cooperative opera co era there has taken J tive ti experiments 1 w place in the popular mind a radical f 7 change in opinion regarding sweet f clover Once considered a noxious 4 weed It is now recognized as a valuable valuable valuable able crop To a large extent sweet s clover is deserving ot of this change of f S opinion regarding It but like any r new crop that suddenly comes into favor it has been overrated for growing growing grow grow- ing under all conditions It has proved valuable however under certain certaro taro tain conditions and for special purit pur pur- it x poses Sweet clover can be grown to advantage ad y v vantage for hay on some soils not nott t t adapted adapted to alfalfa or red clover It r r f Is Is however a substitute for these crops and Is useful for or hay when the themore themore more mor valuable kinds cannot be successfully suc sue r t grown I f Sweet S clover is of value as a pasture pas pas- r r ture and s il improvement crop and f j will undoubtedly be extensively ly utilized utilized util util- for these purposes Properly handled sweet clover will furnish f. f more pasture than most other pasture pasture pas pas- ture crops especially on the poorer t types of soils It excels alfalfa as a pasture ture for cattle in that it rarely causes bloat b Sweet clover is superior superior su suo or to all other crops for use In J 7 I improving proving soils solis deficient in organic matter ater |