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plants will perish from want of moisture, but since 

 these crops are usually grown thickly and on rich 

 land, owing to the dense character of the growth, 

 the plants are much more likely to be injured by the 

 dense shade thus provided. 



Clover seed may also be sown with corn and cer- 

 tain other crops that are usually grazed down, as 

 rape and mixed grains. When sown with corn, the 

 seed is usually scattered over the ground just before 

 the last cultivation given to the corn. Attention is 

 now being given to the introduction of cultivators 

 which scatter such seeds as clover and rape in front 

 of them, and so preclude the necessity for hand sow- 

 ing. From Central Ohio southward, this method 

 of securing a stand of clover will succeed in corn- 

 growing areas, the other conditions being right. 

 North from the areas named, the young clover 

 plants may be winter killed when the seed is sown 

 ■thus. The less dense the shade furnished by the 

 corn, and the less dry the weather subsequently to 

 sowing the seed, the better will be the stand of the 

 plants secured. 



When sown with rape that has been broadcast, 

 clover usually makes a good stand, providing the 

 rape crop is not sown too late in the season. When 

 the rape is grazed down, the grazing does not appear 

 to materially injure the clover, and when the shade 

 has been removed by such grazing, the clover plants 

 may be expected to make a vigorous growth on such 

 land. In northerly areas, clover seed may be sown 

 along with rape seed as late as the end of May. If 

 sown later than that time, the season may prove 



