As the other crops named, since these have already gathered nitrogen,
which is more needed by leguminous crops. This clover should rather be
grown in rotations where more nitrogen is wanted, when the soil will
profit by increased supplies of humus, and where strong plants are
wanted, the root growth of which will have the effect of rendering the
cultivated portion of the soil more friable when stiff and more
retentive when sandy, and that will have the effect of opening up many
little channels in the subsoil when the roots decay, through which an
excess of surface water may percolate into the subsoil. It may precede
such crops as revel in humus and that feed
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