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leached or mileached, on the crop previous to the 

 season of active growth. The application of leached 

 ashes should be about four times as hea\'y as that of 

 unleached ashes, that is to say, it may run from about 

 200 bushels per acre upward. 



Sozviiig the Seed. — Clover seed may be sown by 

 hand, by using a hand seed sower, or by the grain 

 drill with, and, in some instances, without an attach- 

 ment for sowing grass seeds. Which of these 

 methods should be adopted will depend on various 

 conditions, such as relate to soils and soil properties 

 and to the machinery that is available. When the 

 seed is sown by hand, the aim should be to sow with 

 two hands rather than with one, and to distribute the 

 seeds quite evenly. The seed can be carried in a 

 seed box or sack suspended at a suitable hight against 

 the breast of the sower and kept in place by the use 

 of shoulder straps. Much care should be taken to 

 choose a still time for hand sowing the seed, as, for 

 instance, the early morning, and also a condition of 

 soil that hinders its undue adherence to the feet 

 of the sower. 



That form of hand seeder which is wheeled on 

 the land on a hand barrow frame distributes the seed 

 more evenly than would be possible in sowing by the 

 method just described, and it can be sown when the 

 winds are blowing at a rate that would forbid scat- 

 tering the seed by hand at such a time. When the 

 seed can be sown with the grain drill, the saving in 

 labor is very considerable and the work is also done 

 in excellent form. When it is desired to bury the 

 seed deeply, as on spongy prairie soils, it may be 

 thus planted by mixing the clover seed along with 



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