. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 306. Beggarweed. cutting should not be made too late, else the third growth may not have sufficient time to mature seed before the November frosts destroy the plants ; and if it is cut after full bloom, there will be considerable loss, due to the falling of the lower leaves. Pair yields are one ton per acre for each cutting, though not uncommonly the two cuttings will make four to six tons. The hay is easily cured by the ordinary methods of handling. Uses. As a cover-crop. — As a cover- crop for orchards in sections where it will succ
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 306. Beggarweed. cutting should not be made too late, else the third growth may not have sufficient time to mature seed before the November frosts destroy the plants ; and if it is cut after full bloom, there will be considerable loss, due to the falling of the lower leaves. Pair yields are one ton per acre for each cutting, though not uncommonly the two cuttings will make four to six tons. The hay is easily cured by the ordinary methods of handling. Uses. As a cover-crop. — As a cover- crop for orchards in sections where it will succeed, beggarweed has no superior. It is a vigorous grower, a good nitrogen-gather- er and is free from the nema- tode worms which produce root-knot. For the last reason it is particularly desirable as a cover-crop for peaches, figs and other fruits susceptible to in- jury from nematodes, and its self-sowing habit makes it cheap. As a forage.—Beggarweed is rich in protein and makes a good quality of forage, relished by farm stock. Its nutritive ratio is about the same as that of red clover. It is most effectual when fed with a coarse forage rather strong in car- bohydrates. BERSEEM. Trifolium Alexandrinum, Linn. Legu- miiioscB. Known also as Egyptian clover. Fig. 308. By V. A. Clark. An annual, clover-like forage plant recently in- troduced from Egypt and now being grown experi- mentally in the United States, especially in the irrigated Southwest. Its particular recommendations are rapid growth, adapta- bility to alkali lands and usefulness i n reclaiming them, high rank as a nitro- gen-gatherer, unusual food value and conditioning prop- erties, exceptional succu- lence, palatability and heavy yield. Berseem is the basis of Egyptian agricul- ture, both by reason of its instrumentality in the re- clamation of alkali land and of its almost universal use as forage. The plant is two to five feet tall, according to variety, heads whitish, intermediate in size and shape between com
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