by installing a band seeding at- 
: miecment. Manufactured kits are 
: Shest crop for Cardia in corn. 
Sweet clover, red clover, and La- 
dino clover rate progressively 
__‘- poorer. 
Seven different 
tried at the Joliet, Ill., Soil and 
Water Conservation Station.” 
Early-seeded stands of alfalfa, red 
clover, mammoth clover, and [La- 
dino clover were about the same in 
quantity. Winter vetch and rye 
seeded about the first of August 
produced good stands. 
High soil fertility 1s necessary to 
obtain satisfactory yields of corn 
and to insure good survival of in- 
crops were 
terseeded legumes and grasses. Soil 
tests are imperative. Generally, the 
kinds and amounts of fertilizers 
should be the same as used when 
seeding with small grain. 
WEED CONTROL 
Controlling weeds in the corn 
crop and in the interseeded crop is 
most essential. 
growth can kill an interseeding. By 
delaying the planting of legumes 
until after the second cultivation, 
_ you can destroy several crops of 
weeds by the customary tillage op- 
- erations. 
If weeds become a problem, con- 
trol them by clipping or by apply- 
ing chemicals. 
Excessive weed 
A mower mounted ona small 
* Agricultural Research Service, U. S. 
D. A. 
tractor can do the clipping job sat- 
isfactorily without injuring the 
corn. Set the mower high enough 
so that the weeds are cut above the 
tops of the legume plants. 
Experimental results to date 
show that CDAA and other ma- 
terials may prove practical as a pre- 
emergence treatment for grass 
control in interseeded legumes. 
Postemergence applications of 2, 4- 
DB on broadleaf weeds at the 4- 
leaf stage of the alfalfa have given 
satisfactory control in research 
trials. Tests are being continued 
to determine safe rates of applica- 
tion for all conditions. 
Consult your county agricultural 
agent or Extension specialist for 
the latest information and recom- 
mendations most applicable to your 
soil and climatic conditions, as 
based on the most recent tests in 
your State. 
FORAGE USE 
Interseeded legumes may be used 
the following year for hay or pas- 
ture. Most North Central States 
report good results with interseeded 
crops used as meadow and _ hay 
crops. In Wisconsin and Michi- 
gan, yields of forage established by 
interseeding in corn are about 0.2 
ton per acre less than yields of for- 
age established by seeding in small 
grain. This difference is largely 
the result of poorer stands of leg- 
umes at the corn row. 
Interseeded legumes may also be 
used as a green manure crop for en- 
riching the soil. Most States re- 
port worthwhile stands when the 
legumes are seeded in wide-row 
corn after the second cultivation. 
