Show sweet clover pastures of important benefit all in all the benefits from sweet clover under pasture are largely due to the uneaten residues left on the soil to roots left in the soil to the general improvement of the physical condition of the soil and to the suppression pres slon of weeds by pasturing states el L walster in charge of agronomy ar onomy work nt at the north dakota agricultural college under posturing pasturing there Is a considerable return of nitrogen through both the liquid and the solid manure left in the field by the live stock the liquid manure however Is subject to rapid nitrification and leaching so that it Is unlikely to he of any material benefit to the succeeding crop while the solid manure Is unevenly distributed and some leaching losses take place in it also just what are the effects of pasturing as compared to the effects of other treatments upon the soil moisture conditions Is not known dr walster says it seems likely that a closely pastured sweet i clover field does not draw as much water from the soil as when two crops of hay are taken |