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Checking Growth of Yellow Sweet Clover

Description: Photograph of SCS Tech. Clarence E. Stith checks growth of biennial yellow sweet clover. Stith planted the clover in the spring of 1952 in this 20 acre wheat field solely to improve the soil, the deep roots opening up the soil for the free circulation of air and water. He also uses hairy vetch turned in to add organic matter. To follow clover with wheat for 4 or 5 years.
Date: July 3, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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