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red and the white clovers are most generally grown. 

 The medium red clover is the variety which is usually 

 used as a fertilizer for corn land. 



The methods of seeding clover vary with the sec- 

 tion of the country in which the clover is grown. 

 There are three general methods of seeding for ferti- 

 lizing purposes: 1, with nurse crop; 2, alone, and 3, in 

 corn after the last cultivation. Of these methods, the 

 seeding with some nurse crop is in most general use. 



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Fig 14 — Samples of Clover 



Taken from equal areas; different methods of seeding 



The kind of nurse crop varies with the agriculture of 

 the country. In the great corn belt of Illinois, Iowa, 

 Kansas and Nebraska, seeding clover with oats is the 

 most common and universal practice. 



In this case the land is prepared for oats, usually 

 by disking crosswise of the corn rows, if the land was 

 previously in corn, then seeding the oats, and disking 

 the field again the other way. This seedbed is then 



