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the nurse crop in order to keep down the weeds until the 

 clover can get a start. "We prefer to seed about four quarts 

 of good seed per acre on winter wheat early in March and 

 let the frost work the seed into the ground, or to sow later 

 when the ground can be harrowed, and harrow the wheat 

 immediately after sowing the clover seed. This harrowing 

 will cover the seed and if the ground is not too wet it will 

 benefit the wheat. 



If it is desirable to seed the clover with oats, the clover 

 may be seeded at the same time the oats are drilled. When 

 both are sown in one drill it is necessary to have a separate 

 attachment made purposely for seeding the clover. It will 

 not do to mix the clover with the oats since the clover will 

 be covered too deep. Besides, clover seed, being heavy, will 

 shake to the bottom and will not be seeded evenly. In gen- 

 eral the sooner the nurse crop is gotten off the clover the 

 better it will be for it. 



Other things being equal, we prefer seeding clover with 

 wheat rather than oats since the oats often grow so rank as 

 to shade the clover and kill it. 



Clover, to grow well, must have plenty of air, moisture, 

 and warmth. The first two seem to be more important than 

 the last, although young clover is often killed if a warm early 

 spring is followed by severe freezing weather. 



Unless clover has made a rank growth the first fall, it 

 is not a good plan to pasture or cut it the first year. Gen- 

 erally speaking, the fall growth after the nurse crop is taken 

 off should be allowed to rot down and protect the roots 

 through the winter. 



SOY BEANS 



Soy beans are one of the most profitable crops that can 

 be grown on the farm. This crop has gained rapidly in pop- 



