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Originally Posted by kagato3
It will be quite clear to anyone with a farming background that come time to till it the clover field has much better soil then haveing the same feild set fallow as not only do you have it fertilized by the live stock but clover is itself a soil enriching plant so even if the 4 crop rotation is a bust
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Are you certain? I was under the impression that the qualities of improved soil that are observable to the naked eye come from a general accumulation of dead organic matter. However, clovers and turnips were desirable for soil enrichment specifically because of nitrogen fixation (and CO2 fixation for turnips). The soil then would not exhibit traits that would be observable to a farmer, however experienced he may be.
But suppose the soil's quality were observable to the naked eye, then the effect would still not be observable until year 2, because the rotation is on a one year cycle.