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one year. But when grown for meadow, which is 

 to remain longer than one season, it is commonly 

 sown along with timothy. The first year after sow- 

 ing, the crop is chiefly clover, and subsequently it 

 is chiefly timothy. Orchard grass or tall oat grass, 

 or both, may also be sown along with medium red 

 clover, since these are ready for being cut at the 

 same time as the clover. 



When medium red clover is sown to provide pas- 

 ture for periods of limited duration, it is frequently 

 sown along with alsike clover and timothy. Some- 

 times a moderate amount of alfalfa seed is added. 

 But in arable soils in the semi-arid West, these will 

 provide pastures for many years in succession, if 

 supplied with moisture. The same is true of much 

 of the land west of the Cascades, and without irriga- 

 tion. East from the Mississippi and for some dis- 

 tance west from it, much, of the medium red clover 

 will disappear after being grazed for one season, 

 but the alsike, timothy and alfalfa will endure for 

 a longer period. 



In permanent pastures, whether few or many vari- 

 eties of seed are sown, medium red clover is usu- 

 ally included in the mixture. It is sown because of 

 the amount of the grazing which it furnishes the 

 season after sowing, and with the expectation that 

 it will virtually entirely disappear in the pastures in 

 two or three seasons after it has been sown. 



When medium red clover is sown for being 

 plowed under as green manure, it is always sown 

 with a nurse crop. Some farmers, in localities well 

 adapted to the growth of clover, sow more or less of 



