MISCELLANEOUS VARIETIES OF CLOVER 33 1 



that are specially benefited by such enrichment, as, 

 for instance, the small cereal grains. 



Yellow clover when sown is usually sown with 

 other grass mixtures, and along with grain as a 

 nurse crop; hence, that preparation of the soil suit- 

 able for the nurse crop will also be found suitable 

 for the clover. It is, moreover, a hardy plant, in- 

 somuch that in some instances, .if the seed is scat- 

 tered over unplowed surfaces, as those of pastures, 

 in the early spring, a sufficient number of plants 

 will be obtained to eventually establish the clover 

 through self-seeding. 



The seed is usually sown in the early spring, but 

 in mild latitudes it may also be sown in the early 

 autumn. It may be sown by the same methods as 

 other clovers. ( See page 267. ) It is usually sown 

 to provide pasture, the seed being mixed with that 

 of other pasture plants before being sown. As the 

 plants, like those of the small white variety, have 

 much power to increase rather than decrease in 

 pastures, it is not necessary to sow large quantities 

 of seed, not more usually than i pound to the acre. 

 But should the crops be wanted for seed, then not 

 fewer than 3 to 5 pounds per acre should be sown 

 and without admixture with other grasses or clo- 

 vers. When the plants once obtain a footing on 

 congenial soils, there is usually enough of seed in 

 the soil to make a sufficient stand of the plants in 

 pastures without sowing any seed, but since the seed 

 is usually relatively cheap, where an insufficient sup- 

 ply in the soil is suspected, more or less seed should 

 be sown. 



