RED CLOVER IQg 



frost when the soil is in a honeycomb condition. 

 The seed drops in the cracks and the heaving and 

 thawing cover sufficiently to insure germination 

 and foothold for the roots. From 5 to lo pounds 

 of seed are usually sown to the acre; the latter 

 quantity being preferable. 



It is not best to pasture off the clover the same 

 year it is sown. The exception to this is when 

 wheat stubble is pastured by hogs. Of course, the 

 clover has, as a rule, reached a good height by the 

 time the wheat fields are available for pastures, and 

 hogs do not give an extremely close cropping at 

 this time, so this method is not to be condemned. 

 Indeed farmers who grow wheat, hogs and clover 

 resort to the plan and so universally is it practiced 

 it is only during exceptional seasons arid under ex- 

 ceptional circumstances that injury is done to the 

 crop. In any case the crop should not be close 

 cropped in the fall. If clover goes into winter un- 

 protected, it is more liable to be injured. 



Clover may be included in any and all grass 

 seeding. It does not remain in permanent pas- 

 tures, because it is a short-lived plant. Its quick- 

 growing habit during the first year blends well 

 with the slower growing habit of timothy and other 

 grasses. By the second year the clover disappears 

 and then timothy, red top or other grasses included 

 in the mixture are ready to start at their best. As 

 the clover dies the nitrogen stored in its roots be- 

 comes available for the other grass plants and the 

 decaying roots themselves leave a wealth of humus 

 and plant food in the soil that will be seen during 

 subsequent years, even long after the pasture has 

 been succeeded by another crop. 



Growing Clover for Seed. — A much larger yield 



