. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. lense than is sooner B two first Spring but of the oats as a fisc shade, ,s a nurse 1 at which le hazard- ver alone; 1 the land, ly be wise it is diffi- ! dearth of lis method rally prac ^irst, it is he growth more than . on some 'nished by ous to the rowth. It e is a fight the clover, : not more 3f the oats of the use ey are bar- son as the arlier, that r, and that I PLANTS OF THE CLOVER FAMILY. 73 more sunlight may shine upon it to make the plants strong. But if the sea
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. lense than is sooner B two first Spring but of the oats as a fisc shade, ,s a nurse 1 at which le hazard- ver alone; 1 the land, ly be wise it is diffi- ! dearth of lis method rally prac ^irst, it is he growth more than . on some 'nished by ous to the rowth. It e is a fight the clover, : not more 3f the oats of the use ey are bar- son as the arlier, that r, and that I PLANTS OF THE CLOVER FAMILY. 73 more sunlight may shine upon it to make the plants strong. But if the season should prove moist, the (;ats may be allowed to stand until they have matured. At the Central Minnesota experiment station the author has had much success in getting a catch of clover seed, and also of timothy seed, by sowing these along with a mixed crop of peas and oats, grown to provide summer forage for sheep. The soil is a sandy loam, light enough in texture to wash easily. The clover seed was sown broadcast at the same time as the peas and oats, and covered with the harrow. The system of depasturing will be described in Chapter VIII. And it is probable that such a method of obtaining a stand of clover will be found even better adapted to the dark, spongy soils of the prairie, wb-^ther the clover is sown along with peas and oats, other cereals, or rape, and whether the pastures thus furnished are grazed down by cattle, sheep or swine. The re?sons for this belief are logi- cal. The tramping of the ground firms the soil, and so lessens the escape of moisture by evaporation; and the removal of the nurse crop by depasturing leaves more moisture for the clover than would be left to it if the crop wer'j not grazed down, and also lets in sunlight to strengthen the crop. Clover seed may be sown broadcast by hand, with any form of hand seeder that has been found suitable, or with an attachment to the grain drill. It is sometimes mixed with the seed grain and is sown along with
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