Show FEED THE LEGUMES liumes every progressive farmer now knows that leguminous crops are an effective way of maintaining soil fertility and for this reason the acreage in them is constantly increasing if the whole crop is plowed under however it is evident that there can be no revenue from the land that year it is much more profitable therefore to pasture the land and then to plow under what remains of the crop together with the manure that is left on thi ground according to specialists of the U S department of agriculture ri barnyard manure contains a large proportion of the fertilizing value of the substances fed the animals in the effect upon fertility therefore it makes comparatively little difference whether the crop or the manure it produces is returned to the soil what dif difference feren ce does exist is much more imore then offset by the I 1 profit that should accompany the proper management of live stock all legumes make mak e good pasturage and their use for this thia purpose will minimize the need for more expensive feed stuffs s the extent to which this is done is one of the great factors that I 1 make for success in the live stock industry the efficient use ot of all alf farm farin roughage such as straw and stover and of leguminous crons will provide the farmer with much valuable feed which mav be said to cost him little or nothing for giving it to animals does not materially lessen its fertilizing value and under or binary circumstances no direct cash returns are to be expected from it |