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PUEFARATIONS FOR SOWING. 



At Aubuiii crimson clover has grown equally as well 

 when sown among the growing cotton plants as when the 

 land was thoroughly ])lowed and harrowed. 



Sowing of crimson clover seed in the cotton field should 

 be done immediat'ely after the first or second picking to 

 avoid knocking any of the seed cotton out of the bolls. 

 This crop has repeated!}^ succeeded well when the seed were 

 harrowed in among the stubble on a field that had received 

 clean cultui-e while growing a crop of drilled sorghum. 



The sorghum stubble or the cotton stalks, are, however, 

 inconvenient if it is desired to mow the clover for hay. 

 When this clover is grown for hay the land should be 

 plowed if possible several weeks before the time of plant- 

 ing, and repeatedly harrowed until the seedbed becomes 

 fine and settled. If the seed must be planted soon aifter the 

 land is plowed, a roller or drag, as well as a harrow, may 

 be needed to compact the xoil. The best time to sow the 

 seed is while the soil is moist from a recent rain. 



The inoculating soil is best sown broadcast, immediately 

 after sowing the seed, using, if practicable, a ton of soil 

 from a spot of red, crimson, white, or annual white clover. 

 Always cover the inoculating soil promptly. Tn a few tests 

 we have succeeded in making a successful inoculation by 

 scattering the inoculating soil over the growing plants 

 during a period of wet weather in the early part of winter. 



It is essential that the crismon clover seed be well cover- 

 ed with one-half to one and one-half inches of soil. In all 

 of our tests attempts to secure a stand by sowing without 

 covering the seed have failed. Failure has occurred even 

 when a heavy rain fell soon after the sowing. When the 

 seed are sown on a well prepared seedbed, covering is best 

 done with a spike-tooth, two-fection harrow. When the 

 seed are sown among the growing cotton plants they may 

 be covered by using any shallow-working one-horse culti- 

 vating implement, such as a five-tooth cultivator, a 

 sj>ring-tooth one horse cultivator, a wide heel scrape, etc. 



