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mountain, and upon the sandy loams of West Tennessee, but it finds 

 a more congenial soil in the clayey lands of the valley of East Ten- 

 nessee, on the red soils of the Highland Rim, and on the limestone 

 loams of the Central Basin. 



The clayey lands of West Tennessee have no superior for the 

 production of clover. It often grows upon these lands from four to 

 five feet in height, and forms a mat, when it falls, of great density 

 and thickness. As much as four tons of clover hay have been 

 taken from a single acre. Probably three fourths of the lands in 

 Tennessee will grow clover remuneratively, and of the soils which 

 will not, a large portion is included in the old gullied fields that 

 constitute the shame and mark the thriftlessness of too many of the 

 farmers. It may bo set down as an infallible rule in the State of 

 Tennessee that good farming and abundant clovering go together. 



SOWING CLOVER. 



Clover may be sown in the latitude of Tennessee upon wheat, 

 rye, or oat fields, or alone. Instances have been reported to me 

 where a splendid stand was obtained by sowing after cultivators in 

 the last working of corn in July. This is unusual, however. So 

 is fall sowing. The best time to sow is from the first of January 

 until the first of April. If sown in January or February, the seed 

 ought to be sown upon snow. This is not only convenient in en- 

 abling one to distribute the seed evenly over the land, but the 

 gradual melting of the snow, and the slight freezes, bury the seed 

 just deep enough to ensure rapid germination when the warm days 

 of March come on. For the same reason, if sown in March, the 

 seed ought to be sown when the ground is slightly crusted by a 

 freeze. If the sowing is deferred until too late for frosty nights, 

 the land should be well harrowed and the seed sown immediately 

 after the harrow. It will hasten germination and cause a larger 

 proportion of seed to grow, to harrow the land after the seed is 

 sown. With oats, the seeds should be sown after the last harrow- 

 ing or brushing, with a slight after- brushing to cover them. 



A better stand of clover, with less seed, may always be secured 

 by sowing upon land prepared for clover alone. I have often ob- 

 tained an excellent catch upon "galled" places by breaking the 

 land well, and sowing the seed without any previous or after har- 

 rowing. 

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