Growing a Field of Timothy and Clover for Profit and Soil Improvement. 



Project Work Plan 



Study Involved 



Select ground. 

 Select mixture. 



Test seed 



Manure and plow. 



Select fertilizer and lime. 



Fit the ground. 

 Plant 



Harvest . 



Soils for timothy and clover, texture, drainage, acidity. Rotations. 

 Kinds of clover. Grasses supplementary to timothy. Best mixture 



for project, ingredients and proportions. 

 Analyzing germination and purity of grass seed. 

 Response of timothy and clover and nurse crop to manure. 

 Rate of application. Fall vs. spring plowing. Mechanics of the plow. 

 Fertilizers. Kind, rate of application, local markets. 

 Lime. Effect of lime on grasses and clovers. Kinds of lime, rate, 



method and time of application. Relation of fertilizer and lime 



to the nurse crop. 



The fitting program. Tilth and tillage. 

 Methods, time and rate of sowing. Kinds and management of 



nurse crop. Fall and spring grains as nurse crops. Care of 



new seeding. 

 Time of cutting. Methods of curing and handling. Management 



in the mow. 



Weigh up yields. 

 Dispose of crop. . 



Compute costs and profit. 

 Summarize project. 



Markets for hay. 

 Pressing hay. 

 Farm accounts. 



Grades. 



NOTE. This project may well continue two or three years. At the conclusion this field may be 

 capable of more cuttings. This equity and the increased fertility of the field should be ^credited to 

 the project. 



Demonstrations with Projects in the Growing of Timothy and Clover 



20. Grow them with different nurse crops, as barley, oats, wheat and rye compare 

 the results. 



21. On the second year's growth of timothy apply fertilizer on part of the field and 

 compare the yield with that not fertilized. 



22. Make a comparison of the results on limed and unlimed portions of the clover 

 and timothy. 



23. Demonstrate the increase in yield by adding seed of redtop, alsike clover and 

 other hay plants. 



References on the Growing of Timothy arid Clover 



Montgomery, Productive Farm Crops (LIPPINCOTT). 



Wilson and Warburton, Field Crops (Webb). 



Piper, Forage Crops (Macmillan). 



Spillman, Farm Grasses of U. S. (Orange Judd). 



Wing, Meadows and Pastures (Sanders Pub. Co.). 



Hitchcock, Textbook of Grasses (Macmillan). 



U. S. Farmers' Bulletins, 990, Timothy; 455, Red Clover; 260, The Seeds of Red Clover and Its 

 Impurities; 508, Market Hay; 943, Haymaking; 936, Curing Hay on Trucks; 977, Hay Caps; 987, Labor 

 Saving Practice in Haymaking. 



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