MEDIUM RED CLOVER 79 



seed is sown by a distributor, which is wheeled over 

 the ground on a frame resembHng that of a wheel- 

 barrow. Again, it is sown with a seeder attachment 

 to the ordinary grain drill or to the broadcast 

 seeder, arfd yet again with the grain in the ordinary 

 drill tubes, or scattered with the same by the broad- 

 cast seeder; which of these methods should be 

 adopted. will depend on such conditions as relate to 

 season, climate and soil. 



The seed may be sown by hand at almost any time 

 desired, whether it is covered or not. The advan- 

 tages of hand sowing are that it may be done under 

 some conditions when no other method will answer 

 as well, as, for instance, when it is sown upon 

 snow or upon the ground honeycombed. The dis- 

 advantages are that it takes more time than some 

 of the other methods, especially when the sower only 

 scatters the seed with one hand, that it cannot be 

 thus sown when the wind blows stiffly or fitfully, 

 and most of all, only a limited number of persons 

 who sow seed are thus able to sow it with com- 

 plete regularity. A still time should, if possible, 

 be chosen for hand sowing; such a time is usually 

 found in the early morning. When one hand is 

 used, the seed may be sown from a light dish 

 or pail or sowing-bag, but when both hands are 

 used a sowing-box or a sowing-sack suspended in 

 front of the breast is necessary. Clover seed may 

 be sown when a considerable breeze is blowing by 

 having a due regard to the wind. When facing it, 

 the cast of seed should be low; when going before 

 the wind it should be high. But when the wind is 



