be from 6 to 8 tons to the acre, and cutting can usually begin as the 

 first blossoms appear, generally about June 7. Two-thirds of an acre 

 would be ample for 10 cows ten days. If more has been grown than 

 can be fed green, the balance can be made into excellent hay. If 

 allowed to stand until late bloom, the mixture becomes tough and 

 less digestible. A second cutting of several tons to the acre can be 

 obtained if the rainfall is sufificient. Land thus seeded can be 

 cropped for two successive years. 



Clover grown by itself is believed on the whole to be fully as satis- 

 factory as the grass and clover mixture. The 15 to 20 pounds of 

 seed necessary to the acre can be secured for about two-thirds the cost 

 of the mixture. The first cutting can be made nearly as early as the 

 grass and clover, and the yield will be as large. A second and occa- 

 sionally a third cutting can be secured, and the clover seeding will 

 generally yield good returns for two consecutive years. The seed 

 may be sown in early August, or it may be seeded in the corn after 

 the last hoeing. If seeded in the corn and the land is in good heart 

 no fertilizer need be applied until the close of the following year of 

 growth, when an application of 200 pounds of high-grade sulfate of 

 potash and 600 pounds of phosphatic slag will prove decidedly help- 

 ful to the growth of the second year. Two and perhaps three cut- 

 tings may be expected the first season, with a total yield of 13 tons 

 of green material to the acre, equivalent to 3,000 pounds of digesti- 

 ble matter, including 500 pounds of digestible protein. If more is 

 secured than is needed for soiling, the balance may be made into 

 hay. If hayed, it should be cut in early blossom, allowed to wilt, 

 raked into winrows, cocked, covered with hay caps and thus cured. 

 The cocks should be moved every few days to prevent the killing 

 out of the sprouting plants beneath. On the day of drawing to the 

 barn, the cocks may be opened and aired. The use of hay caps is 

 strongly recommended ; they protect from rain, check a too rapid 

 drying and will amply repay for their cost and for any extra labor. 

 If clover is cut in late blossom and hayed by the usual method, it 

 furnishes a very inferior fodder.' 



Alfalfa can be used in place of clover for green forage. The first 

 cutting, after the field has become established, will be ready about 



June 20, a second cutting in early August, and a third about Sep- 



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' See the excellent article on Clover by W. P. Brooks in Repoi t of the State Board of 

 Agriculture for igo6. 



