124 OTHER FORAGE PLANTS— CRIMSON CLOVER. 



healthy when feeding upon it, but make little progress 

 if kept to it alone. The experience of heavy-land 

 farmers in Suffolk is in favour of sowing about a peck 

 of White Mustard on the long fallows in August or 

 early in September, and ploughing-in the herbage 

 about six or eight weeks from time of sowing. The 

 effect upon the Barley crop is considered by practical 

 farmers as equal to half a coat of farm-yard dung. 

 (Abridged from Morton's Encyclopaedia.) 



Crimson Clover. 



{TrifoKum incarnatum.) 



This extremely useful forage plant is pretty ex- 

 tensively grown in England, particularly in the 

 southern counties, where it is sown on stubbles im- 

 mediately after removal of the corn crop. Is also 

 sometimes sown on bare patches of spring-sown clover. 

 May be sown up to the middle of Septerdber, or might 

 even do well up to October ; but that would in a great 

 measure depend on the kind of winter following the 

 sowing. 



Treatment. — According to a writer in Morton's 

 Uncyclopcedia, the only requisite preparation of the land 

 is a course of harrowing; just sufficient to stir the 

 surface soil so as merely to facilitate the covering of 

 the seed. On very stiff soils shallow ploughing is 

 sometimes resorted to ; but as a general rule the young 

 plagfs stand the winter, and thrive best, when the soil is 

 left i^n unloosened state. "When so treated the Crimson 

 Olo^^forms excellent feeding for horses and cattle in 



