RED CLOVER 371 



The usual rate of seeding red clover in America is 

 8 pounds to an acre. Different experiment stations rec- 

 ommend the following rates for their respective states : 

 Wisconsin and North Dakota, 15 pounds ; Oregon, 8 to 

 10 pounds ; Louisiana and Kansas, 10 to 15 pounds. 



In Europe the rate seems to be higher. Stebler and 

 Volkart recommend 17 pounds an acre in Switzerland, 

 and Glaerum in Norway found the optimum rate to be 

 25 pounds per acre. 



433. Seedlings. The first true leaf of red clover is 

 compound, but consists of only one leaflet. This, how- 

 ever, is jointed on to the petiole in the same manner as 

 the three leaflets of an ordinary leaf. The primary root 

 is undivided and grows more rapidly than the stem. In 

 contrast to the alfalfa primary root, that of red clover 

 contracts as it grows older, resulting in the crown becom- 

 ing deep-set. Nodules may appear on the roots by the 

 time they are one week old. 



434. Seeding with a nurse-crop. Red clover is most 

 frequently sown with some other crop, not because this is 

 the best for the clover, but because it economizes labor. 

 The seed may be sown in or with the following crops : 



1. In winter or spring on fall-sown wheat or rye. 



2. In spring with wheat, barley or oats. 



3. In corn at the last cultivation. 



4. With rape or turnips in late summer. 



If sown in spring on fail-sown grain, the clover seed 

 may be broadcasted, preferably in early spring when the 

 ground is still loose from frost action ; or somewhat later in 

 spring, the seed may be sown and the grain cross-harrowed. 



Shepperd in North Dakota secured the best results by 

 seeding with a disk grain-drill across the rows of wheat. 

 This method is increasing in favor in other states. 



