Soils and crops of the farm . nnial butseeds so plentifully as to make it prac-tically permanent. Common trefoiloccupies the northern part of Europewhile alfalfa occupies the southern grows readily in this country andis worthy of a trial for early pastu-I rage. It would probably not producemuch summer pasturage, as it does notstand heat and drought well. Bur Clover {Medicago denticu-lata) is an annual, native of the Medi-terranean region, which has becomewidely distributed in California andsomewhat in the southern states and isconsidered of great value. It only grows in a mild climate.
Soils and crops of the farm . nnial butseeds so plentifully as to make it prac-tically permanent. Common trefoiloccupies the northern part of Europewhile alfalfa occupies the southern grows readily in this country andis worthy of a trial for early pastu-I rage. It would probably not producemuch summer pasturage, as it does notstand heat and drought well. Bur Clover {Medicago denticu-lata) is an annual, native of the Medi-terranean region, which has becomewidely distributed in California andsomewhat in the southern states and isconsidered of great value. It only grows in a mild climate. Itis sown in the fall, growing during thewinter months and ripening in the spring. Anothercrop may be grown on the the same land during thesummer, and the seed left in the soU will producea crop of clover during the succeeding winter seed is produced in pods or burs which causetrouble by getting into the wool of sheep. Japan Clover (Lespedeza striata) is an annuplwhich was introduced into the south Atlantic states. Bub Cloveb. (After Vasey.) CLOVERS. 227 from China about 1850. It re-seeds on the sameground year after year, and has not been sown muchartificially. It is highly prized for pasture in theSouth, but is not suited to northern climate. It issomewhat cut for hay also on the lowlands. It seemsto have been spread by the war, the seed having beencarried from place to place in the hay and by thehorses. It was not much known before that time. CHAPTEE XX. aiLAQE AND FORAGE CROPS. Soiling, or the system of feeding farm animalsgreen food in stables or yards instead of allowingthem to go to pastures, has never become common inthe United States. Farmers have generally believedthe cost of the additional labor made necessary, morethan equaled the gain fiom this system. Partial soil-ing is common, and there is an increasingly largeacreage devoted annually to the growth of crops tobe used in the early spring, during summer drouths,or when the pastures begin to fail in the
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