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rotation pastures, about 6 pounds of each may be 

 sown. The pa-sture furnished will be more contin- 

 uous than where only one kind is sown. If timothy 

 or tall oat grass is added, a pound of one or the 

 other of these should be added for every pound of 

 the clover withheld from the mixture. For perma- 

 nent pastures 6 pounds of the mammoth clover may 

 be set down as the maximum to sow per acre, vary- 

 ing the quantity with varying conditions. And when 

 the clover is sown with small grain to be plowed 

 under in the fall or early in the spring, usually only 

 very moderate amounts of seed ought to be used, 

 especially where the hazard is considerable that the 

 dry weather may cause failure in the catch of the 

 seed. 



Pasturing. — Mammoth clover furnishes much 

 pasture when it is grazed, on into July and some- 

 times even into August, because of the vigorous 

 character of the growth, but after that season the 

 growth is usually light. Nor is there generally 

 much growth after the crop has been cut for hay. 

 The palatability of the pasture is much the same as 

 that of the medium red variety. More grazing is 

 furnished where the crop is fairly well grown before 

 the pasturing begins, but it is not so palatable, and 

 when unduly rank, to defer pasturing thus long 

 would result in a considerable waste of pasture, 

 which the stock would tread under foot. W^hen the 

 crop is wanted for hay, there may be instances in 

 which it may be advantageous to pasture it for a 

 time to prevent the growth from becoming overly 

 luxuriant. There have been instances in which the 



