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either potatoes first and then corn, or corn and then potatoes. We 

 always plow under the second crop of clover. As a rule, I use 

 winter wheat for a seeding crop. 



Which food Is the richer in protein, clover or bran? 



Mr. Cook. — Bran is the richer in protein of the two. It has a 

 ratio of 1 to 4; clover has 1 to 5 or 6. 



To Mr. Smith. — What liind of soil does alfalfa require? 



Answer. — Alfalfa needs a deep, rich soil, free from water. You 

 could not go down on to this flat and grow alfalfa. Have the 

 ground rich and made fine by cultivation, and the subsoil broken 

 up so that the roots can go down. And it is a good plan to nour- 

 ish the young plants with a top-dressing of good, fine manure, 

 8ow 30 pounds of seed per acre. 



Do you favor the seeding with clover in August, after oats? 



Mr. Cook. — We sow the clover seed on winter wheat in the 

 spring. Seeding after oats in August is recommended and is 

 practiced by some farmers. I prefer spring seeding, however, on 

 our farms in Lewis county. 



What grains are best for a seeding crop with clover? 



Mr. Eastman. — Spring wheat first, wimter wheat second, barley 

 third. 



Mr. Cook. — After all, is it not a question of moisture? So I 

 would not seed with oats; they take out nearly all the moisture 

 from the soil, thus robbing the clover; consequently it dies. 



How Is rape as a fertilizer plowed under? 



Mr. Gould. — Analyses show rape to be half as rich in nitrogen 

 as is clover. 



How can we get our clover seed to catch in a dry season? 



Mr. Eastman. — ^By putting the clover seed in in the best 

 manner possible. The ground should be properly fitted and fined, 

 the grain drilled in, then fallowed with the smoothing harrow, 

 then with seeder, which puts the seed in at shallow depth. The 

 trouble is, the clover seed, as a rule, is put in too deeply. Where 



