250,000 Red Clover seeds in a pound 
and evenly scattered on an acre one 
pound will leave five seeds on every 
square foot, enough for a good 
stand if every seed makes a plant. 
The extra seed is merely insurance, 
but this is valuable insurance. The 
condition of seed bed and weather 
are perhaps never ideal, and allow¬ 
ance must be made for many 
chances of loss. Therefore, the 
more seed used up to, say, 20 
pounds per acre, the better chance 
for a stand. Too little seed is used 
more often than too much, and un¬ 
less seed is extremely high the ex¬ 
tra dollar or so spent per acre to 
insure a stand is money well in¬ 
vested. 
SEEDING 
with Spring Grain 
The clover is put in at the same 
^ time as the grain, but the grain is 
planted at a greater depth than the 
clover. On heavy land, clover 
should be placed not more than an 
inch deep, but on light soils iy 2 to 
2 inches. The nurse crop especial¬ 
ly, if it be oats, should be seeded at 
only one-half to two-thirds the 
usual rate if the clover is to have 
a good chance for success. The 
stubble of grain also serves as a 
winter protection to assist in catch¬ 
ing and holding the snow which 
otherwise might drift from the field 
and render the clover plants more 
likely to be winter killed. Where a 
stand of clover is badly needed and 
hard to get, it is better to prepare 
a good seed bed and sow ctover 
alone. 
TIME of CUTTING 
If the usual practice is followed 
and the clover sown with a grain 
nurse crop, it begins to develop rap¬ 
idly after the grain is cut. If the 
weather is especially favorable, one 
cutting of hay may sometimes be 
made the first season. As a rule, 
however, it is best to only clip back 
the growth to check the develop¬ 
ment of the plants. It is not advis¬ 
able to pasture spring seedings the 
first season with sheep or hogs as 
they are likely to injure the young 
plants. Light pasturing with cattle 
does little or no harm. The second 
season usually yields two crops; 
both may be cut for hay, or the 
first for hay and the second for 
seed. The best hay is obtained by 
cutting at the period of full bloom. 
Earlier cutting yields hay which is 
much more difficult to cure to good 
quality, but is sometimes practiced 
when the second crop is to be al¬ 
lowed to stand for seed. 
SUCCESSFUL CURING 
PROCESS 
The secret of success in curing 
clover hay lies in tedding fre¬ 
quently before the plants become 
too dry, so as to reduce the mois¬ 
ture content as rapidly and evenly 
as possible. As soon as the leaves 
show signs of wilting in the swath, 
rake into windrows, and bunch into 
cocks. 
CROWING of SEED 
Weeds make it difficult to get a 
crop of Red Clover; they decrease 
the yield and decrease the value of 
the hay. In many sections where 
clover seed production was form¬ 
erly a profitable enterprise, weeds 
have become so prevalent as to en¬ 
danger the industry. This has been 
due largely to the sowing of home 
grown seed not expertly recleaned. 
If you intend to harvest a crop of 
Red Clover seed, it is of special 
importance that you start with the 
very best recleaned seed. The de¬ 
mand for high grade domestic Red 
Clover seed is always good. 
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 
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