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mon red variety enjoys. It occupies the same place 

 in the rotation and calls for the same methods of 

 seeding and preparation that are given the common 

 red variety. When sown alone, the usual amount 

 is 10 pounds of seed to the acre, but when sown in 

 combination with other seeds, this amount is pro- 

 portionately reduced. 



It is a good plan, and many farmers follow it, 

 to seed mammoth clover and common red clover 

 together. By so doing you get the vigorous early 

 growth in the spring and the late growing in the 

 fall of the red variety and you get the vigorous 

 growing of the mammoth variety during the sum- 

 mer months. The mammoth variety is more inclined 

 to lodge and is more difficult to harvest and to cure 

 than is the small red variety. It yields a little 

 heavier to the acre, but the hay is coarser and is 

 not so popular with feeders nor so much relished 

 by animals. 



Mammoth clover is especially prized as a green 

 manure. Some farmers who plan to plow under 

 the crop preparatory to corn or potatoes, seed it 

 for the soil effect rather than for its value as hay. 

 The crop is pastured and often very severely. But 

 the large roots and coarse stalks furnish the soil 

 an abundance of vegetable matter, which is always 

 to the liking of the corn plant when it follows after. 



MANGELS. Of all the root crops, the mangel- 

 wurzel or stock beet is, perhaps, the most important, 

 both as to feeding value and amount of yield to the 

 acre. Turnips make a valuable catch crop, but the 

 mangel must be sown early in the season and cul- 

 tivated to secure a satisfactory yield. The freer the 

 ground from weed seeds, the less arduous will be 

 the work of cultivation. 



