Agriculture for beginners . -, is usually seeded with timothy or withorchard grass or with some other of the grasses. In sowingboth crimson and red clover, about ten to fifteen pounds ofseed for each acre are generally used. To make good pastures, white and Japan clover are favor-ites. White clover does well in most parts of America, andJapan clover is especially valuable in warm Southern will do well even when the soil is partly shaded, butthey do best in land fully open to the sun. Careful attention is required to cure clover hay well. Theclover should always be cut before it f
Agriculture for beginners . -, is usually seeded with timothy or withorchard grass or with some other of the grasses. In sowingboth crimson and red clover, about ten to fifteen pounds ofseed for each acre are generally used. To make good pastures, white and Japan clover are favor-ites. White clover does well in most parts of America, andJapan clover is especially valuable in warm Southern will do well even when the soil is partly shaded, butthey do best in land fully open to the sun. Careful attention is required to cure clover hay well. Theclover should always be cut before it forms seed. The besttime to cut is when the plants are in full bloom. Let the mower be started in the morning. Then a few hourslater nm over the field with the tedder. This will loosen thehay and let in air and sunshine. If the weather be fair letthe hay lie until the next day, and then rake it into rows forfurther drying. After being raked, the hay may either be left «. Fig. 233. Crimson Clover 250 FEED STUFFS 251 in the rows for final curing or it may be put in cocks. If theweather be unsettled, it is best to cock the hay. Many farmershave cloth covers to protect the cocks and these often aidgreatly in saving the hay crop in a rainy season. In casethe hay is put in cocks, it should be opened for a final dryingbefore it is housed. Cowpeas. The cowpea is an excellent soil-enricher. Itsupplies more fertilizing material to turn into the soil, in ashort time and at small cost, than any other crop. Moreover,bv good tillage and by the use of a very small amount of fer-tilizer, the cowpea can be grown on land too poor to produceany other crop. Its roots go deep into the soil. Hencethey gather plant food and moisture that shallow-rooted plantsfail to reach. These qualities make it an invaluable help inbringing worn-out lands back to fertility. The cowpea is a warm-weather legume. In the UnitedStates it succeeds best in the south and southwest. It has,however
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