Excerpt from Cover CropsThe topic selected for study at this meeting is of the greatest importance to Texas. There can be no doubt that our State is losing tens of millions of dollars every year from failure to grow suitable cover crops during our mild winters. While the late summer and early fall drouths, the long growing season of the summer crops, and the ravages of insects offer serious difficulties to be met by those planting cover crops in Texas, it is nevertheless true that these difficulties can be overcome if attacked with intelligence and persistence. The discussion offered at this meeting will go a long way toward solving the cover crop problem in Texas. In addition to acquiring the general information given in the discussion below, it will be necessary to make experiments in every locality in order to find what is best suited to the soil, climate, farm needs, and market facilities of that section. Each one should try out a fraction of an acre each in rape, one or more legumes, cereals, and winter root crops, in order to learn the best times and methods of planting and handling these crops and to find out which are best suited to his needs.It is much regretted that this subject could not have been presented in August. Unfortunately, the schools were then closed. When the rural schools are open nine months in the year and schoolhouse meetings are held twice every month, such important topics Will not have to be delayed two months waiting for the majority of our rural schools to open.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.