MEDIUM RED CLOVER 89 



the medium red variety on all, or nearly all, of the 

 land devoted to the growth of such cereals as rye, 

 wheat, barley and oats, when the land is to be 

 plowed the autumn or spring following. Reduced 

 quantities of seed are used. They believe that the 

 benefit from the young clover plants to the land will 

 more than pay for the cost of the seed and the sow- 

 ing of the same. 



The amount of seed to sow will depend on the 

 degree of suitability in the conditions for growing 

 medium red clover. The more favorable these are, 

 the less the necessity for using maximum quantities 

 of seed, and vice versa. More seed is required when 

 the clover is not grown with other grasses or clo- 

 vers than when it is grown with these. When grown 

 without admixture, 16 pounds of seed per acre may 

 be named as the maximum quantity to sow and 

 8 pounds as the minimum, with 12 pounds as an 

 average. With all the conditions quite favorable, 

 10 pounds should suffice. In New England and 

 some of the Atlantic States, many growers sow 

 much more seed than the quantities named, and it 

 may be that the necessities of the land call for more. 

 In Great Britain also, considerably larger quantities 

 are sown. 



When sown in grass or clover mixtures, the 

 amount of the seed required will vary with the other 

 factors of the mixture, and the amount of each 

 that is sown ; that is, with the character of the hay 

 or pasture that is sought. The seed is much more 

 frequently sown with timothy than with any other 

 kind of grass, and the average amount of each of 



