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FARM CROPS 



ever, any soil not too loose is satisfactory. Clover 

 will grow on land that is not rich, but on poor 

 soils liberal applications of potassium and phos- 

 phorus should be given. The crop is sown usually 

 with a nurse crop and is most popular in rotations 

 with corn, wheat and oats. It precedes the corn 

 and is seeded in the spring either in oat land or 

 the wheat land. In localities abundantly supplied 



with moisture and fa- 

 vored with mild win- 

 ters it is practical to 

 sow clover in the late 

 summer and early 

 autumn months. 



The seed may be 

 sown broadcast by 

 hand or by means of a 

 hand seeder or with an 

 attachment to the 

 grain drill. Sometimes 

 it is fixed with the 

 grain seed and sowed 

 along with it, but this 

 kind of sowing is not 

 COMMON RED CLOVER to be commended. 



The most important member of Tli^r^ ic f^r\ rrr^af ir 

 the clovers grown in most sec- U(J S ied - L u " 



tions of the country. Alfalfa in recnilaritv in the ^ppH- 



the West and the cowpea in the re g uiari <T 1 



South somewhat displace it. NO ingf. A better stand is 



farm is complete without some . . r 



legume. Every rotation should Usually obtained II the 

 contain one or more of the -, 1-1,1 



clovers. seed is slightly cov- 



ered. This usually oc- 

 curs when the seed drops in the drill rows, since 

 the first rain brings the soil sufficiently over the 

 seed, securing the necessary protection for it. When 

 seeded in spring wheat, the best time is after a 



