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Figure 3. —Seed heads growing close to the ground, where many of 

 them will be missed by harvesting machines, is typical in strawberry 

 clover grazed up to the time of blooming. 



The seed crop should be cut when the majority of 

 the seed envelopes are light brown. Examine ma- 

 turing seed to see whether it is ripe. If the seed 

 crop is cut too early, the seed will be shrunken and 

 immature. 



Because the heads of strawberry clover shatter 

 readily when ripe, cut and handle the crop when 

 the heads are slightly damp. Seed envelopes are 

 tough when damp, and seed shatters less. 



The crop may be harvested with a mower and 

 later picked up from the swath or windrow. The 

 use of a closely set windrowing attachment or buncher 

 on the mowing machine reduces shattering by re- 

 ducing the number of times the crop must be han- 

 dled. Harvesting with vacuum machines has been 

 successful in some places where the soil surface is 

 relatively smooth. 



The seed crop may be cured in windrows or 

 stacks, and threshed from the windrows or stacks by 

 clover hullers or combines equipped with hulling 

 attachments. 



This leaflet supersedes Leaflet 1/6. StravN'bern- 

 Clover. 



Washington, D.C Issued February 1960 



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