252 CLOVERS 



some soils, ho\ve\'er, these will too much crowd 

 the clover plants. On others the reverse will be 

 true. For seed the crop should, of course, always 

 be sown alone. 



For pasture, crimson clover is sometimes sown 

 with rape, winter rye, winter oats, the common 

 vetch or the sand vetch. When sown with rape, the 

 date of the sowing should be early. With the other 

 crops named the most suitable date for sowing the 

 clover will usually prove tlie most suitable also for 



■ sowing these. 



When sown alone, from 10 to 20 pounds of seed 

 are used per acre. AA'ith all the conditions favorable, 



'12 to 15 pounds should suffice. When sown with 

 rape for pasture, 3 pounds of rape and 16 of the 



" clover, or even a less cjuantity, should be enough. 

 AVhen sown with winter rye or winter oats, about 

 I bushel of each and 10 pounds of clover should suf- 

 fice, and when sown with the common or the sand 

 vetch, ^ bushel of either and to pounds of the 

 clover should be enough. When sown in the chaff, 

 from 2 to 3 bushels ought to suffice, but the amount 

 required will be much affected by the character of 

 the seed crop. 



Pasturing'. — Crimson. clo\er may be pastured in 

 the autumn or in the spring or at both seasons, 



' either wlien sown alone^ or in conjunction with some 

 other pasture crops, as winter r3e, oats, barley or 

 vetches. But it is not probable that it will ever 

 l^ecome so popular as some other pasture plants 

 that grow during the same seasons of the year ; since, 

 hrst, when it is grown, it is usually wanted for green 



