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FORAGE CROPS FOR THE SAND-HILL SECTION OF NEBRASKA. 



itself from year to year in haying and is to-day in better condition 

 and shows a better stand than ever before. 



Where the meadow is inclined to be wet, alsike clover is best, but 

 in all other locations common red clover is preferable. It is better 

 than alsike clover on account of its larger growth, and especially its 

 larger leaves, and better than mammoth because it is earlier and 

 will make two cuttings in one season. 



The advisability of seeding white clover under any 

 is questioned. It grows readily, but does not make a 

 in pastures where it is too abundant it induces the 

 horses. 



circumstances 

 hay crop, and 

 '' slobbers " in 





Fig. 4. — Field showing sweet clover seeded in a blow-out near Ainsworth, Nebr. 

 TIME OK SEEDING. 



In the tests previously mentioned, good results were obtained from 

 both fall and spring seeding of clover, but as yet there are not suf- 

 ficient data to warrant definite recommendations. On account of 

 the severity of the winter, however, spring seeding would seem to 

 have the advantage. "When seeding on uncultivated land, the earlier 

 it can be done the better, as the clover will then start at a time when 

 the grass is not growing rapidly. On cultivated land it can be sown 

 with a grain crop, such as oats or barley. A better stand is usually 

 secured, however, where no nurse crop is used. 



RATE OF SEEDING. 



It is advisable to use sufficient seed to insure a stand even when 

 sowing on meadowland. Many disappointments have arisen from a 

 half-hearted scattering of a few pounds of clover seed over a ^0-acre 



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