S6 PEREEIS^NIAL RED CLOVER. 



tiifolium pratense, is cultivated on a variety of soils, 

 and is sown at different periods or intervals between 

 February and May, either alone or witli oats, or rye 

 grass, the latter preferred, as the rye grass shelters it 

 better from the effects of severe frostS; It is, how- 

 ever, considered by the English farmers, inferior to 

 either of the other two kinds as regards its perma- 

 nency. Its analysis, however, shows that it is supe- 

 rior to trifolium perrenne in nutritive value. 



Clover seed should be sown in the spring of the 

 year. The most common practice in the northern 

 states is to sow on the late snows of March or April, 

 on '.wheat or rye brairds, when sown with spring 

 gram (oats, barly, &c.) Mr. Crozier's method de- 

 scried on page 29, I consider the best. The common 

 practice is 'from 8 to 12 lbs. per acre for a separate 

 sowing. 20 to 25 lbs. per acre will be required, con- 

 trary to the method used with meadow grass. It is. 

 recorri?nend^d after clover has been cut, that the 

 swaths be H^^t spread out, but Buffered to remain on 

 the ground, as 1^^^ by the scythe or machine, until 

 about three parts drie^^ then turned, and allowed to 

 dry properly and either co:*''k^<i HP ^^ taken to the 

 barn. A bushel of red clover Sv"*^^ weigi^s 64 lbs, 



CHAPTER III. 



PERRENXIAL RED CLOVER. 



Trifolium Pratense Perrenne. 



This is a variety of Trifolium pratense, but of a 

 more perrennial character, roots longer, and pene- 

 trating into the subsoil. The Mammoth Eed may 



