Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-04-24
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lhTsIEE CLOVER.

| 4 Calhoun Co, Itch, correspondent
OF the Country Gentleman says of this
clover: The plant bears q greater re-
sonislanee 70 the common white ,han
! to the red clover. It yields two NOV
ings annually, K eat expressly for lay
when il full bloom, which IN this lati-
| tude is generally the last OF Juue or
the frst of July. But il eus for seed
it should stand about sEo weeks later.
then atfording abundance Of superior
p&sturage Cor al kinds o. stock. The,
seed is cat fren the first crop. The
Alsike, when left 30 seed, Gas It's stalks
and leaves Jet green when its seeds
are ripe, and produces 1auch bester hay
than the red clover when cut for that
purpose.
| The weight Of seed required to be
Gown Is from O.. to 4 lbs. per acre,
which is "a abundance The seed be
ing much smaller, less quantity is re-
CURED han Of the red clover. -Four
poanCs Of Alsike viii seed more land
than ten pounds Of red clover. The
seed is soVn ct the usual .inle OF sow
ing common rcd clover, on wheat, cats,
rye OF barley. /: generally yields from
three 20 eight bushels Ct seed per acre
The head is formed vita pods, like
common white clover, with &C veral
seeds III each pod. ~
have tried A!sike by the sida Of
| red clover for successive years, seed
| sown at the same time and in the game
field, and lind that cattle, horses and
sheep will not Craze On the red clover
So long as they e2n get . Good bite Oh
the Alsike. NJ c1pe1ience is, there
! is no other clover equal to it for the
purpose Of feeding cattle, sheep and
horses, and ! believe It 30 be eoual to
tbs red clover sc a fertilizer. It will
flourish on dry and noist land does
| rot sgaer from the GeyeFeet frcsts Oh
ercrth as red clover does-is cs free
f2orl iu-- CT dust as Timothy; hence it
Will not cause horses to cough and
heavs ac red clever hay does. 1. will
s,fog fEora enc to two anG half tons
Of superior hay to the acre. according
to the ceaeor.
thiak l never had CRATER growth
OF red clover that I raised four years
ago, growing from three TO five. feet
il length. Alsike has many more
branches, leaves and blossoms from the
rain stalk than the red clover; the hay
is therefore much finer, and far superiot
in quality. In fact, il is Of the same
as the common white clover, which
all farmers will understand, except
growing SO much larger sizs al far
mers know, who have had experience,
that common white clio. er pasture is
far superior TO any rec clover: therefore
il it would grow large enough TO NOW
j: would make lauch better hay than
red clover. Alsike clover blossoms
furnish IN abundance Of honey for
bees, they can work On them IS we'll
as on the common white clover, and
cGn gather honey much faster.
10 SOW the seed mix The quantity of
seed with the quan+ity Of plaster you
wish to SOW per acre evenly and SOW
ss if sowing plaster, except Ell smaller
laads. In SO doing you sow your seed
at the same time thai you sow your
plaster, saving the labor Of going over
The field twice, and ii esn Be sown
much more evenly. AZ the seed is SO
small, and such G. little quantity is re
CURED per acre, it is difficult to hold
the quantity in the hand or fingers
that is required, if sown by hand.
Plaster should be sown SIS a fertilizer,
as on red cloYlr. RtruI Feao Ior-
her