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Show fvtr Crop Winter cover crops are of great economic importance to farmers in the South, according to U. S. department de-partment of agriculture agronomists. agrono-mists. Their land is not protected by the freezing and inuw iover which help to prevent soil leaching in northern areas. Increased use of cover crops on cultivated land in ' southern states would prevent a great deal of fertility loss, it is pointed point-ed out. Seed of many legume and non-legume cover crops may be put in later than October in the extreme South. |