SHEDING RED CLOVER 259 
potatoes or some other hoed crop. When seeded 
in this way, the land should be very carefully 
prepared, and the surface made as fine as pos- 
sible, in order that germination may be rapid 
and complete, as well as to provide abundant 
food near the surface. 
The quantity of seed in this case is about six- 
teen pounds per acre on the average. On poor 
lands, more seed must be used. If seeding is too 
thick, the plants are lable to lodge and thus be 
badly injured for either forage or hay. When 
seeded in this way, the seed should be lightly cov- 
ered, preferably with a weeder, and on light lands 
rolled with a light roller. In ordinary seasons, the 
plants will make considerable growth and become 
well rooted before winter, and the crop usually 
will be ready to harvest as early in the next 
season as in the second year if seeded in the old 
way with grain. 
In many sections, red clover is used as a 
catch-crop in corn, mainly to serve as a spring 
pasture and in preparation of the land for wheat. 
This practice is generally not suitable when the 
primary purpose is to make soiling crops or 
hay. In the eastern and central western states, 
the crop will be ready to harvest about the 
middle of June, although the time will vary, 
depending on the season; if dry and warm the 
crop will mature earlier than if cold and wet. 
