Show GREEN MANURES MAKE HUMUS cowpeas Cow peas velvet deans beans clover buckwheat and sorghum are good crops for purpose prepared by the united states department of agreci agriculture iture it has been found ile to plow under tinder green crops on soils or soils so alls deficient lit in humus among tho the best crops for clila purpose mily luny be named coppens cowpeas cow peas pens velvet benns beans clover buckwheat and sorghum sor shum ordinarily the crops should lie he allowed to to reach maturity before turning under it Is not if a rood good practice to turn under a heavy green crop immediately before planting another crop especially small grain A cover crop Is usually sown gown late in the season after the main crop Is out of the way oats rye and cri crimson nison clover are arc most commonly used for tills this purpose they tire are sown in the cotton or corn coni at the the last working woi king and make some growth growt hAuring the autumn I 1 and early spring they serve perve the double purpose of adding humus find and of preventing soil sell erosion the cover crop should bo be plowed under at least two weeks before tile time for planting tile next crop green manure crops are helpful in improving the mechanical ch condition awl rendering available tile the plant foe foci i I 1 it I 1 i eady in tile the soil it Is hoped that the value of farm manures liaa has been nde nae sufficiency evident and that more farmers will civo attention to the saving of them |