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turned with the plow show gains in the crops that 

 follow, because of the extra amount of nitrogen left 

 behind. Clover makes an ideal hay for cattle, and 

 where it is raised, it should make up a half or more 

 of the roughage of milch cows. Sheep and young 

 stock make excellent growth on clover hay or the 

 clover pasture. 



Getting a Stand. Where the soil has been worn 

 out by many crops being taken off and no plant food 

 or humus put back, red clover will not often grow. 

 In order to bring such land up, a heavy coat of barn- 

 yard manure will help to give clover a start. Another 

 wav to get a set of red clover on poor land is to 



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Fig. 80. A self -dump hay rake. 



spread straw over the wheat or rye ground that 

 has been seeded to clover. This is done in early 

 spring, before the clover seed has begun to sprout. 



