Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . and being less readilydestroyed by the tramping of animals than redclovers. Composition of Alsike Clover Per cent Water Dry matter Ether extract Crude fiber Protein Ash Nitrogen-free extract . CRIMSON CLOVER Crimson clover is an annual. Because of itsadaptabilities, it has quickly made a place foritself in American agricultural practice. Its habitsof growth are not so well known as those of theother kinds described, and for this reason, amongothers, is not so generally distributed, even inthose sections i
Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . and being less readilydestroyed by the tramping of animals than redclovers. Composition of Alsike Clover Per cent Water Dry matter Ether extract Crude fiber Protein Ash Nitrogen-free extract . CRIMSON CLOVER Crimson clover is an annual. Because of itsadaptabilities, it has quickly made a place foritself in American agricultural practice. Its habitsof growth are not so well known as those of theother kinds described, and for this reason, amongothers, is not so generally distributed, even inthose sections in which it thrives. Its habits aresuch as to make it undesirable to substitute forred clover, although it may well supplement it. One toncontains An average a,cre-yield furnishes Ll)s. Lbs. 504 4,032 18 144 148 1,184 78 624 40 320 220 1,760 CRIMSON CLOVER 243 It is essentially a cool-weather plant, thrivingwell in late fall and early spring, and maturingseed in the middle states about June 1. Thesecharacteristics make it especially suitable for a. Fig. 49. Field of crimson clover, grown as a catch-crop seeded incorn at last cultivation. 244 FORAGE CHOPS catch-crop or cover-crop, to be used withoutinterference with regular rotations. It has provedto be hardy in the eastern and middle states,although many failures are reported, which areprobably due in large part to failure to under-stand its peculiar habits. The impression thatit will grow well on poor soils with other crops,under all conditions of season and climate andwithout particular care in seeding, is very erro-neous. It must have abundant food; it is affectedby drought and cold and severe weather; it cannot subsist with other crops which rob it of mois-ture and plant-food; it must be carefully seededin order to insure against adverse conditions,although when conditions are favorable it willcatch and grow from a mere scattering of theseed on raw ground. Method of seeding Crimson clover should preferably be seeded atthe ra
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