Also, some trees, known as leguminous trees, improve the soil by fixing nitrogen from the air, making it available to livestock. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
Relation of the free nitrogen to leguminous plants 42-44. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Hence leguminous plants are essential in all rotation of crops. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The turnip and some of the leguminous plants also contain it abundantly. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
The most commonly cultivated leguminous crops are clover, beans, and peas. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
But there are thousands of leguminous plants and trees, many of them hardy. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
All our immensely valuable edible leguminous seed crops are annually planted. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Cheese will be increased by food rich in albumen, such as the leguminous plants. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
This is one of the most important points to notice in manuring leguminous plants. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Evergreen shrubs, heaths, cistusses, and leguminous plants are everywhere more abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference
An explanation of this fact may be found in the influence of potash on leguminous crops. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
But we have, further, an even more striking characteristic of leguminous crops to notice. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
There are two great classes of cover or green manure crops, leguminous and non-leguminous. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
Nitrogenous manures, application of, 478; benefit cereals, 494; hurtful to leguminous crops, 523. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Cramer, 'Bildungsabweich,' p. 99, reference to several leguminous plants with polycarpellary pistils. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The Lupines are distinguished among leguminous plants by their strong, erect, branching habit of growth. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
It has been observed in connection with the feeding of certain leguminous feeds and digestive disturbances. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
There are, however, other problems with regard to the growth of leguminous plants which still await solution. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
It is of little value as an esculent; and, compared with many other leguminous plants, not worthy of cultivation. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
This is especially the case with the different kinds of oil cake, the leguminous seeds, clover, hay, and turnips. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
The fertility was low but has been improved through the use of winter leguminous green manure crops and commercial fertilizers. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Two other less well known and used leguminous crops are well worth trial as cover crops -- soy beans in the North and cow peas in the. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
RED CLOVER is an artificial grass of the leguminous family, and one of the most valuable cultivated plants for feeding to dairy cows. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
By growing leguminous crops alternately with cereals, for example, the air should be made to furnish the necessary nitrogenous manure. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Rye is one of the best non-leguminous cover crops, especially in the young orchard, as it does not grow as well in shade as in the open. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
The most important proteid vegetable foods are those derived from the grains of cereals and certain leguminous seeds, as peas and beans. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Another case where the gain of nitrogen to the surface-soil is very striking is in that of leguminous crops, such as clover, beans, peas. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
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