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is sown with a nurse crop, whether sown fall or 

 spring. (See page 84.) The nurse crops in the 

 North include winter rj-e, winter wheat, barley, 

 spring wheat and oats, suitable, probably, in the 

 order named, also such pasture crops as rape, 

 vetches, and various mixtures of grain sown on cer- 

 tain soils to provide pasture for cattle, sheep or 

 swine. The best nurse crops in the South include 

 winter rye, winter barley and winter oats, even 

 though the seed should not be sown on them until 

 the spring. On certain sandy loam soils a stand of 

 mammoth clover is more assured if sown with a 

 pasture crop than if sown with a grain crop which 

 is to mature . (See page 82.) Under certain condi- 

 tions of soil and climate, this crop may be sown on 

 plowed or disked land in certain of the States, after 

 a crop of grain, and in other instances by sowing 

 amid the stubbles and covering with the harrow. 

 But there is more of hazard in growing thus than 

 by other methods. Sometimes this clover is sown 

 amid standing corn, at the last cultivation, but too 

 much shade or too little moisture may cause only 

 partial success, or even failure, whereas at other 

 times the plan may succeed. 



The modes of sowing the clover are virtually the 

 same as those to be followed in sowing medium red 

 clover. (Seee page 78.) It will be sown by hand, 

 by hand machines, and by the grain drill, with or 

 without attachments. The seed of this variety, how- 

 ever, will, on the whole, be more frequently mixed 

 in with the grain than the seed of the medium red 

 clover, because of the stronger growth that it makes. 



