Plowing-Under, Fertilizing, & Crop Productivity
Bert Aikman>UIS Collection A's>UIS Collection, Segment 21
- FARMING METHODS
- Bert notes farmers learned to grow sweet-clover to plow-under to fertilize soil (added nitrogen). Bert describes equipment that would drag plants under so it would rot allowing disc to cut it into small pieces thereby fertilizing soil & promoting good crops.
