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A Splendid New Crop for the 

 South 



BUR clover is closely related to alfalfa 

 instead of the true clovers. While 

 alfalfa, being mostly a summer grower, 

 requires choice land and almost ideal con- 

 ditions, bur clover grows in winter and 

 early spring, and will thrive on any kind of 

 land with rainfall enough to bring up the 

 seed in the fall, and without any particular 

 effort in the way of preparation. Alfalfa 

 will probably not grow profitably on the 

 great majority of rather thin, sandy or clay 

 uplands of East and South Texas. Bur 

 clover is perfectly at home on these locations 

 after once getting a start. 



In nutritive value, this plant is probably 

 equal to alfalfa; but since it completes 

 its growth and dies by April or May, it is 

 not generally considered of much value for 

 hay. It would give only one crop of hay, 

 and that not a heavy one. Therefore, it is 

 generally grazed through winter and early 

 spring. 



In this climate bur clover always gives good 

 grazing from one to two months before 

 Bermuda and other summer grasses are 

 ready. It thus enables us to almost fatten 

 cattle before flies, heat, and other annoying 

 conditions appear. 



Bur clover on Bermuda grass is the finest 

 kind of combination for an all-the-year- 

 around pasture. The clover grows in winter, 

 while the Bermuda is dormant, and in the 

 early spring before the latter gets a start. 

 The grass sod holds up the stock while the 

 clover is being grazed. The clover dies 

 root and top in time to begin to rot and fer- 

 tilize the soil by the time the weather is 

 warm enough to start the grass. 



The nitrogen gathered from the air by the 

 clover, and gradually given to the grass 

 through the summer as the clover stems, 

 roots and leaves rot, makes the nutritious 

 grass. 



As a cover crop to protect and fertilize 

 and improve the soil, it is one of the very 

 best crops we have. As indicated above, 

 if land is once, well stocked with bur clover 

 seed, it may be cultivated three years, and 

 a volunteer clover crop will come up 

 every fall and clothe the land for the 

 winter. 



Bur clover for the orchard is undoubtedly 

 a much better crop than cowpeas, and 

 probably the best crop we can N get for this 

 purpose. Some say cowpeas foster certain 

 root-knot diseases of fruit trees. Cowpeas 

 must make heavy drafts on the soil for 

 moisture and food at a time when the trees 

 may need these to make growth or mature 

 fruit. 



Bur clover completes its growth in April, , 

 when there is still plenty of moisture 

 for it and for the trees — sometimes too 

 much, so it is an advantage to have some 

 of it drawn out. If plowed under prompt- 

 ly, it begins to rot in time to feed 

 the fruit trees while making their best 

 growth, or doing their greatest work — 

 making fruit. 



The above is taken from Bulletin 108 of 

 the Texas Experiment Station. 



