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thus that apply to the similar curing of the medium 

 red. (See page 102.) Others cure it in the mow 

 by storing good bright straw, preferably oat straw, 

 in alternate layers along with the clover. From one- 

 third to one-half the quantity of the straw as com- 

 pared with the hay will suffice for such curing, vary- 

 ing with the degree of the wilting in the hay. Clo- 

 ver cut in the morning after the dew has lifted 

 may be thus stored the same day. Where the facili- 

 ties are present such a method of curing mammoth 

 clover may be eminently wise in showery weather. 

 The natural color of the hay and blossoms is thus 

 preserved and the straw is eaten with avidity, be- 

 cause of what it has imbibed from the clover. 



Securing Seed. — It has been already intimated 

 more seed will be obtained when the clover has 

 been pastured or cut back with the mower. (See 

 page 233.) When the mower is used, it should not 

 be set to cut quite low, or the subsequent growth 

 will not be so vigorous as it would otherwise be.. 

 The state of growth at which the clover ought to 

 be cut will be influenced by the luxuriance of the 

 growth, but ordinarily clover seed should not be 

 more than 6 to 8 inches high when the mower is 

 used. What is thus cut by the mower is left on the 

 ground as a mulch. Mowing the crop thus will 

 also be helpful in destroying weeds, but some weeds 

 will sprout again and mature seed as quickly as the 

 clover. 



When mammoth clover is neither pastured nor 

 mown early in the season, when grown for seed 

 some kinds of weeds may be prevented from going 



