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Show Corn Cover Crops Are Soil Savers Wide Variety Grasses And Legumes Used More and more farmers in different dif-ferent sections of the country ars finding it pays to plant cover crops in corn. These farmers believe seeding cover crops in corn improves the soil, increases yield by improving improv-ing soil, prevents erosion and 1 gives many livestock men late fall and early spring pasture. They are broadcasting seed at last cultivation and even using airplanes when the corn is taller. A wide variety of legumes, grasses and mixtures are being used. Dr. J. L. Haynes of the Ohio Experiment Station says a successful suc-cessful cover crop must: (a) put More and more farmers In different sections of the country are experimenting with cover crops In corn. They are trying to find the answers for increased production and improved soil structure. This type agriculture may be the answer. nitrogen in soil for following crop; (b) improve soil structure; (c) control erosion, if it's a hazard, j He adds: "We feel we should have about three or four more years of experimental work to take out more of the 'bugs' before be-fore green manure interplanting is recommended as a general practice." prac-tice." However, farmers in New York and Wisconsin, the south and far west, are experimenting with cover cov-er crops in corn in an effort to solve their local problems and to increase yields. |