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It is not eiKsy to get a stand of criuison clover either on 

 prepared or unprepared soil where there is a large amount 

 of vegetation: hence, it is not usually easy to sow crimson 

 clover seed in a corn field laid by early, nor on old pasture 

 land, nor on weed land. 



A field where drilled or broadcast cowpeas have recently 

 been cut for hay is probably, next to a clean cotton field, 

 the best place for sowing crimson clover. Here it is better 

 to prepare the surface by the use of a disk harrow than by 

 the use of a turn plow. After disking, the seed should be 

 sown, the inoculating soil and fertilizer sown, and all cover- 

 ed with a spike-tooth harrow. 



FERTILIZER. 



Crimson clover, if thoroughly inoculated, adds con?iid- 

 erable nitrogen to the soil. But it does not add phosphoric 

 acid nor potash. If the soil be so poor as to require these 

 two forms of plant food for the successful growth of crim- 

 son clover, they should be applied at the same time that 

 the seed are sown. A suitable amount of acid phosphate 

 is 200 to 300 pounds per acre. If the clover is to be re- 

 moved from the land as hay, it may pay, especially on the 

 sandier soils, to employ at the same time either 40 pounds 

 of muriate of potash, or 160 pounds of kainit per acre. In 

 sowing the crimson clover among the standing cotton plants 

 on soils in fair condition we have often used no fertilizer 

 and yet obtained a satisfactory growth. In making a start 

 with crimson clover it is advisable to fertilize it with 

 acid phosphate. 



When it is especially important on small areas to secure 

 a good gi^owth and thorough inoculation of the soil, it may 

 even be advisable to apply stable manure, since stable 

 manure will probably make a small amount of inoculating 

 soil more eff'ective than if the small amount of inoculating 

 soil were applied to a soil deficient in vegetable matter. 

 Stable manure should not be relied upon as a substitute 

 for inoculation nor as a means of inoculation. . 



