Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . com-mon practice to sow it in the standing corn at the time when the last cultivation is given thecorn. But it can be sown alone very well on land from which somecrop has been reaped after the same has been ploughed. It does notanswer well to sow with winter rye as a nurse crop, for the clovergrows so vigorously that it hinders the growth of the rye. Whensown in the spring to be cut the same season, it would need to be putinto the ground early, and it would also require to occupy the ground Cultivated Grasses and Clovers. 37 alone. T
Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . com-mon practice to sow it in the standing corn at the time when the last cultivation is given thecorn. But it can be sown alone very well on land from which somecrop has been reaped after the same has been ploughed. It does notanswer well to sow with winter rye as a nurse crop, for the clovergrows so vigorously that it hinders the growth of the rye. Whensown in the spring to be cut the same season, it would need to be putinto the ground early, and it would also require to occupy the ground Cultivated Grasses and Clovers. 37 alone. The mode of sowing would be the same as with common redclover. Crimson clover sown in the summer and autumn months is readyfor harvesting toward the close of the spring or the advent of is cut for hay at the same stage as common red clover. Difficulty issometimes found in harvesting the crop at the season named. Good crops of crimson clover produce large yields of seed, but theharvesting of the same requires prompt attention as soon as the crop is. Fig. Crimson Clover Leaf. Natural Size. ripe, owing to the ease with which the matured seeds are shed. Theheads are large, hence when soaked with rain, they dry out so slowlythat trouble frequently arises from the sprouting of the seed. Where crimson clover will stand the winter well it will be foundspecially useful for the following purposes: First, it will provide pas-ture and excellent soiling food early in the season. Second, it will pro- 38 Grasses^ Clevers^ Field Roots^ Forage and Fodder Plants. duce green manures to be plowed under in time to grow another cropthe same season. Third it may be used in renovating orchards withbut little outlay and in furnishing a soft, clean bed in them on whichfruit may fall. And fourth, it will in a degree bind drift soils and pre-vent washing on hill sides. Yellow Clover.—Yellow clover {Medicago lupulina) sometimescalled trefoil, is a somewhat diminutive variety, of a creeping or re
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