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in California and in some parts of Oregon. O'Gara in Oregon 

 recommends seeding the last of August or early September 

 with a mixture of 70 to 90 pounds of vetch seed and 30 to 

 40 pounds of winter oats, the smaller quantities being used 

 if the seeding is done with a drill. Others recommend a 

 somewhat lighter seeding of 40 to 60 pounds to the acre 

 when used alone. 



Though common vetch does not survive the winter where 

 the temperature drops much below 15°, it continues to grow 

 more or less nearly all winter in the milder portions of the 

 Pacific coast regions, and by February or March a large 

 mass of vegetation is available for turning under. ^ On the 

 other hand, hairy vetch does not make a good winter growth 

 under these conditions. 



Crimson clover. 



The term "scarlet clover" is also commonly applied to 

 this plant. For many years it has been used for orchard 

 purposes in certain parts of the Atlantic seaboard, especially 

 in New Jersey, Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Mary- 

 land, but in more recent years it has been grown in increas- 

 ing areas in North Carolina, Alabama, and other Coastal 

 Plain and Gulf regions. It is not hardy enough to insure 

 its living through the winter in New England, New York, 

 and other northern sections ; but when it does survive it 

 grows well. 



It is an annual plant and thus unlike most of the other 

 well-known clovers. It makes most of its growth in the 

 cooler parts of the season, — fall and spring. Were it not 

 that it is often rather difficult to secure a stand, it would 

 doubtless be used much more extensively and widely than 

 1 Farmers' BuU. 529, p. 4. 



