Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1916 — USING SWEET CLOVER AS A SOIL BUILDER [ARTICLE]

USING SWEET CLOVER AS A SOIL BUILDER

It Will Produce Crop on Land So Poor That Red Clover and Alfalfa Won’t Grow.

Investigations by tbe lowa Agricultural college among the farmers ol that state show that the common sweet cloyer is more than equal to the other clovers, or alfalfa, as a soil builder. It will produce a dfap on land so poor that red clover and alfalfa will not grow. It is sometimes claimed that it will grow on land totally devoid of organic matter. This seems somewhal doubtful, but there is no question as to its being one of the rankest growers known on, poor land.