News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
Hints Concerning Glover.

5 Glover Is sOwn, as a rule, early in Il
spring, whether with some grain erol
, the cultivated grasses or as a crop b
itself A practice common in the Nortl
, ern States is to SOW clover Oh late snow
in March or April.
The analysis of red clover indicate
what manures will increase its growth
1t contains from thirty-two to thirty
four per cent. Of lime and about tn
same per cent. of potash, with nine t,
ten per pent. of phOsphoric acid, mag
nesia, etc. As lime enters so largely
into its composition, lands deficient il
this respect require generous appHca
tIons Of lime. Deficient soils are alsC
benefited by gypsum (sulpbate of lime),
the phosphates and wood ashes. Com
mon stable manure, containing as ii
does all the elements of a good ierCiilzer,
IS also suitable as a top-dressing for any
pasture or meadow.
While gypsum is not always a success
on ordinary soils, sown broadcast at the
rate of one to three hundred bushels
after the leaves are developed, it seldom
tails to promote a remarkable growth of
stem and leaves. Experiments made by
DR.. Plncus, of Germany, regarding the
action OF gypsum on clover, made it ap-
pear that the sulphates check the deyeIop-
ment of the flowers and also of the seed
from which he inferred that, while the
application of gypsum is favorable to
large increase in the yield of hay. it is
not favorable to the development of the
seed crop. Commissioner KiIlebrew. of
Tennessee, says he has rarely found
benefit from the top dressing of gypsum
on clayey loans: it's effects have ALWAYS
been apparent on a strong limestone
soil In dry season gypsum is un-
doubtedly beneficial on all soils, and it
always serves a good end in its highly
stimulating effects on weIl-restored
lands where there is good coat of clover.
Bones are also an Invaluable aid to
clovers, their lea ing elements being
lime and phOsphOric acid nitrogen is
also abundant. A dressing of bone dust
will often quite restore old pastures
which have been long cropped and the
phosphate of lime exhausted. Grasses
are greatly benefited by wood ashes. A
top-dressing of ashes may be applied to
grass on all kinds of soil with the assur-
ance that they will pay the expense at
tending the application. For permanent
lands, ashes are advised when
they can be obtained in sufficient guam
tity.
Coarse manures ought not to be
thrown on clover, as they are liable to
iniure the plants. An excellent top
dressing for meadows, to be applied
after the last cutting, or in the spring,
when the soil is poor, is barnyard ma
nure composted with muck, peat, leaves,
sod, potato tops and other perishable
matter.
Professor Lew stoCkhrjdae. yl Ma za-
chusetts. after Il series OF experiments
vfT, srr-...rsrf 1r.rT.-Hr-rs- at thr Nar-.s'r1i-
turu College nt Amherst. prepared the
following tarullIl for i-rr1tTr - %
WI. OH cIover-broadcast the early
spring to induce an increased yield =
Nitrogen, 43 pounds; potash, 40 pounds,
and phosphoric acid II pounds. These
he advised to be supplied in
the form of sulphate Of ammonia, "A per
cent dry salt, 215 pounds muriate pot
ash, 80 per cent. dry salt, so pounds
80 pounds This
amount was designed for one acre.