The Bulletin. 28 



September or early October, according to location. If vetch are sown 

 alone sow one bushel of seed per acre, or when sown with wheat 

 three pecks of wheat and half bushel of vetch ; or one bushel of oats 

 and half bushel of vetch per acre. If vetch are sown alone they can 

 be put in at the last cultivation of the crops or any time from then 

 until October. If vetch and oats are sowed together, sow in Sep- 

 tember. Vetch will reseed itself when the pods are allowed to ripen 

 on the land. The seed should be covered from one to three inches 

 deep according to the nature and condition of the land. 



The writer has cut oats and vetch, when the oats were ripe, and 

 threshed make a fine mixture of the two for sowing where persons 

 want the mixture. If one wishes to separate the vetch from the 

 oats it can be accomplished by running them through a grain fan 

 with the necessary sieves for taking the vetch seed out. In this State 

 vetch yields from a half ton to three tons of hay per acre. It is a 

 valuable crop, both as a soil improver and a hay crop and should find 

 a place on every farm. 



BURR CLOVER. 



Burr clover is another of the legumes that should receive more 

 attention at the hands of our farmers than it is now receiving, espe- 

 cially is this true of the eastern and sandy soils of the State. To 

 succeed with this the soil must be inoculated as with all the other 

 legumes, but as seed in the burr are usually sown, and they are 

 raked up from the land on which they grew, the burrs are apt to 

 contain enough of the bacteria to give a partial inoculation, and by 

 the second or third year, if the clover is permitted to grow on the 

 same land, the inoculation will be complete. 



This crop is better adapted to soil improvement than for other 

 purposes, though it furnishes considerable grazing in late fall and 

 early spring. The crop will re-seed itself if permitted to do so, so 

 there will not be the trouble and expense of re-seeding each year 

 as is the case with crimson clover. 



The seed can be sowed at the last cultivation of crops or at any 

 time from then until the middle of September and should be cov- 

 ered from one to two inches deep. If sowed early the seed will lie 

 dormant until time to come up. Of clean seed, sow from 10 to 15 

 pounds per acre, and if seed are in the burr sow from three to four 

 bushels per acre. Seeds in the burr usually give the best results. 



BED CLOVER. 



Red clover seems to succeed best in our clay sections and is so 

 well known that it is needless to discuss it in this bulletin. We will 

 simply add that the acreage should be greatly increased in every sec- 

 tion where it succeeds. 



