. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. THE HEAVY OR FIELD CROPS. 145 Culture. — Sainfoin may be sown with a crop, in the same manner aa the clovers and grasses. In the following season, it may be mown for hay or f^reen forage, although it does not attain its full maturity until its third year. When this mode of management is adopted, the sainfoin should be mixed with one or more of the clovers, the most suitable being white clover, which will add to the weight of the produce, without materially interfering with the growth of the sainfoin. It
. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. THE HEAVY OR FIELD CROPS. 145 Culture. — Sainfoin may be sown with a crop, in the same manner aa the clovers and grasses. In the following season, it may be mown for hay or f^reen forage, although it does not attain its full maturity until its third year. When this mode of management is adopted, the sainfoin should be mixed with one or more of the clovers, the most suitable being white clover, which will add to the weight of the produce, without materially interfering with the growth of the sainfoin. It should be sown broadcast, rather than culti- vated in rows, and the seeds should be of a good and tried kind, perfectly fresh. Fig. It does not bear such frequent cutting as lucem. When used for soiling, it may be cut twice; when used for hay, it should be cut once, and the after-math depastured. It may be used for herbage as well as for forage, and many farmers prefer depasturing it in the first year, so that in the second it may have attained its full growth before it is mown. When made into hay, it should be cut just when it comes into full flower. It is not very apt to be injured by heating, and therefore may be put up more quickly than other hay plants. If ground is to be mown for successive years for forage, then, on such soils as are suited to it, it is a good crop, being easily grown, hardy, and productive. Such a mode of cultivation, however, cannot be commended. When sown merely to produce one crop of hay, and then to be depastured for such a period as may be thought suited to the nature of the soil, it answers well; but in this case it is recommended that it be sown with a proportion of white clover and rye grass. 13 K. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Neill, F. W; Williams
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