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much better plan is to drill the oats, sowing the timothy and 

 clover from the grass seeder on the drill or broadcasting them 

 ahead of the drill. Where oats are broadcasted the best plan is 

 to harrow in the oats either with a disk or drag harrow then 

 broadcast the clover and timothy and harrow again lightly, cov- 

 ering the seed from a quarter to a half inch deep. 



Clover and timothy may both be sown in the fall but clover 

 is quite uncertain when put in at the same time as the wheat. It 

 is best sown earlier, either in the corn in late summer or on a 

 specially prepared seed bed. When sown in the corn it should 

 be worked in with a small harrow or drag. It is rarely possible to 

 get an even stand when sown in the corn, and the land is usu- 

 ally left rough for the clover meadow the next year. Where a 

 special seedbed has been prepared, clover and timothy may be 

 seeded together in late summer or early fall without a nurse crop. 

 This will give a good yield of mixed hay the next year providing 

 the season is favorable for them to come through the winter. 

 Clover is much more apt to freeze out, however, when it is fall 

 sown. It is a very good practice where timothy alone is desired 

 to seed in the fall on a specially prepared seedbed. This will 

 give a good crop of timothy the next season if conditions are 

 reasonably favorable. 



On lands that are wet and where red clover is uncertain, the 

 use of alsike clover is to be recommended sown at half the rate 

 of the red. It is a short perennial clover which will last three 

 to five years although it is only about half as large as the red. 

 It makes a fine quality of hay but not a very heavy yield. It 

 should be mixed with timothy where it is to be used for hay. 



Mixtures for Pastures. 



Where pasture is desired a mixture of timothy, red clover, 

 alsike clover, white clover and bluegrass may be seeded, although 

 on lands well adapted to bluegrass it is a more common practice 

 to omit this and let it gradually come in as the land is pastured. 

 The same can be said of white clover, although it is somewhat 

 better practice to add both of these. In buying bluegrass seed, 



