, 1859-07-22
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Red Glover.

nSu cloNeT grows DeSt uPou uI1 SIouuus
On all uplands suited to the plOw, includ.
ing even the highest mdmost rolling lands
for on low, wet grounds it is very apt to
have its roots thrown out of the ground by
the frost and so get winter killed. But on
al suitablesoils it produces two crops Of hay
in year, or one ofhay and one of pastur.
age, just as the cultivator may desire. II
generally produces from one to three tons
Of hay to the acre, according to the season
aud the fertility Of the soil. The first crop
l. usually cut for hay about the first Of June
in our Middle States. And the second crop
Il then either pastured off by cattle, or Is
LEFT TO grow and ripen its seed, which it will
Do in September. When clover is grown
for The seed, the first crop should be pas
tured, or mown for hay. And then the Sc
cOnd crop, when saved and ripened for seed,
will yield per acre from one and half to
three, and sometimes as high as FIVE, bushels
Of seed, worth more per bushel than any
other seed the farmer can raise. And { will
afterwards produce, the same season, fine
sAermoth crop Of grass which, If plowed
down, will be beneficial TO the snil, for clover
90 used Is great renovator Of the soil.
Red clover makes the best hay and pastu-
rage grass for allhorned cattle, and some
think Il The best also for horses and colts. If
cutai the right time, and properly cut or dried.
For some regard Il, when so moWn and cured,
e being more nutritious than timothy for all
farm animals. When, therefore, We take II
into reconsideration that he red Glow er, properly
managed, makes a very fine hay for horses
and other farm animals, that it produces two
crops in one and the same season, IEat the
second crop will, Is desired, yield rapid,
money-making seed, and will, when It is
plowed down, seed and all, or without the
seed, enrich instead Of imp0verishina the
soil, that Il Is the cheapest and best fertilizer
or soil renovator Of al thenortheFn grasses.
al ~ introduced here by either private or
public enterprise, we may wen say, ! think,
that the red clover stands and deserves 10
stand e iha head Of our northern grasses,
ailer giving timothy all due praise, even
more than it deserves. And hence no farmer
of Middle or more Northen States, who
makes any prelensions towards understand.
ing bis interests and his business, should
ever suffer a wheat or q rye crop to bo put
into hs ground without seeding the same
down with red clover.
LAID laid down 70 clover should receive
aI'1cral supply Of seed 80 that tho clover
may grow up thick enough to exclude every
thing else The two greatest errors in the
cultivation Of clover are, first, that too little
-.el , usually sown and, second, that the
clover lays are allowed to remain too long
before they are plowcd down for the growth
cI other crops One farmer sows from for
o IA quarts Of seed per acre and gets IN
I.lufu only q thin and coarsestemmsd crop
q hay or pasture. But another. pursuing 4
wiser course COWS from eight 10 twelve
quarts Of seed per acre. and obtains double
lAo quantity Of hay or pasture the first far
u1I has and Of much better quality, too.
A 1n expense Of dollar more. or perhaps
q. % lho acre while his land Is doubly
benefited BY The greonalermolh to be- plowed
down .s manure. There are two kinds Of
.tl clover. large and small red variety,
.nI he largest is not only the hardest but
I11 most productive Of lho two. Thev arc
11IIol1l % Be of European origin. As thew
have been cultivated Tiers for more than
Two centuries past and Afford moro nulri.
men. natter than The white clover. They
are biennial plants Of The l,gnminosa order.
And land. TOO poor 70 grow clover have
been brought into q c|ofor-boarinq state by
simply sowing thereon lho same season two
erors oI o.'s' an early and late crop, and
I--1'11 i11m OF On The ground. So the
growth o. clover on poor. sandy soils may
.s '..aIel BY spreading third coat Of straw
or r.'l.1 hay. Or .ome other fbfous material.
over The 1oun ground. as this will impari
% 1oo..lff shade and moisture 70 the
II||. dover shoots. and 80 enable lhem
y make stand. And no sheep or horses
I.ol|l ever b allowed % pasture On Young
clover. because they viii bite The plants oil
.'o.1 10 Iho ground and when iho crownn or
1l,.''11d |op Of ne young clover 3 once
N11|1d on or injured. iis roots will Die and
IoHI cIor epoed'Iy fail. And hence clover
--r''1 newer Be- paltured at al the frsi
year. An4 but slightly. Il ni al, Tie second
I..I And the rule q pasturine With farm
.n'ual. Of .lI kinds should always Be on
- and 81 early IN Tho season, 80 that the
cover crop nay resin . large amount Of
- vegetable ua|lar Tor nnnnriaI purposes.
- Ae red clover yiolds he palm to no eras.
- .'ie.nal.ng viii grain ciops IN conSefti-
1'1 1nI11ndrl.
ne. clover, however. cannot Be- depended
'l.l Or permanent pallurage. because Il
WI N few ycars exhaust the soil Of those
"lnc1ll essential foils growth and 90 leave
Z unable 70 proi1cs clover. or become. as
Ias plain f,rnuf often expresses Il. . tircd
& Glove. o. clover sick y But this Rra.
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