12 FORAGE CROPS FOR THE SAND-HILL SECTION OF NEBRASKA. 



even germination, and the slight loosening of the turf will give the 

 young clover plants a better chance. 



"Where this method of seeding has been followed the meadow takes 

 on the appearance of a clover field. (Fig. 5.) The resultant stand 

 is so certain when clover is seeded on meadowland with a disk drill 

 that a few trials would convince the most skeptical that wonderful 

 possibilities exist in the improvement of a native moist meadow by 

 seeding it to red clover. 



RESEEDING CLOVER FIELDS. 



Clover seeded on cultivated fields and regularly harvested for seed 

 will, 'of course, need reseeding every other year, but the clover stand 



Fig. 5. — Field showing common red clover seeded with a disk drill in the native meadow 



grass. 



in native meadows can be preserved indefinitely without putting on 

 any additional seed if handled properly. 



A remarkable point noticeable in clover production in this region 

 is that the first cutting of clover can be depended upon to produce 

 seed, usually a full crop. In the East the first cutting very seldom 

 produces seed. The presence of seed in the first cutting is of immense 

 advantage to the man who has it in his meadows, as it comes on early 

 in the spring, and by the time the native grass is ready to cut much 

 of the clover has matured seed. During the haying operation a great 

 deal of this seed is shattered out by the rakes, and thus the ground is 

 reseeded without any additional trouble, and a good crop of new 

 clover is assured each succeeding year. The second cutting comes on 

 more uniformly and can be cut when it is in better condition for hay. 



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