GROWING LEGUMES IN DRY AREAS 325 



Clovers should usually be sown with a nurse crop. 

 They may grow better, in some instances, without a 

 nurse crop, but if clovers cannot be grown successfully 

 without starting them with a nurse crop, it is question- 

 able if it will pay to grow them, since they are short lived. 

 The nurse crops which would seem best adapted to their 

 growth in the order named are : Speltz, barley, rye, 

 wheat and oats. Oats are ill adapted as a nurse crop for 



DRY LAND CLOVER AND TIMOTHY, NEAR REDMOND, OREGON. 

 Courtesy Great Northern Railway Co. 



clovers, because of the abundance of the leaf growth, 

 which produces an excessive shade, and draws heavily on 

 the moisture in the soil. If clovers are sown along with 

 oats, not more than 2 pecks per acre of the latter should 

 be sown, and the crop should be cut for hay when it has 

 reached the heading stage. They should be sown to the 

 depth of 1 to 2 inches, on soil that is not stiff. It will not 



