Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1917 — Clover for Walker Township [ARTICLE]

Clover for Walker Township

In a talk -on clovbrs before the Kniman Farmers’ club last week, Aaron Rice urged his to make a greater- use of the legumes as soil builders. “If. the land of Walker township is to be developed as it should be, we must keep more livestock on our farms. Clover will furnish more hay and pasture for stock than any other crop that we can grow. I have never failed to get a stand of clover when I used fertilizer on my wheat in the ffi.ll and sowed clover seed. the next spring.” As a proof of his ability to grow clover in Walker township, Mr. Rice has samples of mammoth clover plants which are nearly five feet high,.