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surrounding which encloses the seed may have time 

 to decay. When seed separate from tlie burr is 

 used, it is sown in tlie months named. When sown 

 on well-prepared soil, grazing should be plentiful 

 from February onward. 



Burr clover is more commonly sown in the burr. 

 The burrs are usually scattered by hand and on land 

 that has been pulverized, but it is easily possible, 

 when the conditions are favorable, to obtain a stand 

 on land that has not been plowed. Where seed is 

 scarce, the burrs are sometimes planted in squares 

 3 feet apart each way, a limited number of burrs 

 being dropped at one time. When thus planted, 

 I bushel of burrs will plant several acres. The 

 plants will soon possess all the ground, but to en- 

 able them to do so, pasturing must be deferred for 

 one season. Whether sown in the burr or 

 otherwise, it is better to cover the seed with the 

 harrow. 



One bushel of burrs weighs from 10 to 12 pounds. 

 It has been stated i bushel of clean seed weighs 

 60 pounds. When sown in the burr, it is usual to 

 sow 3 to 5 bushels per acre, but in some instances 

 less is sown and in some more. When seed apart 

 from the burr is sown 12 pounds per acre should 

 suffice. In some instances it is sown on Bermuda 

 sod, but the attempts to grow it thus have not always 

 proved satisfactory. At the Louisiana Experiment 

 Station it was found that the burr clover remained 

 long enough and grew large enough to injure the 

 Bermuda. Possibly closer grazing would have pre- 

 vented such injury. When sown on Bermuda grass, 



