The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-09
GROWING GLOVER,
Great Diferens in the Manner of Seed
ing and Managing.

Great Dinerens in the Manner of Seed
ing and Managing.
There is no quescion among farmers
who have tried it as to the value Of
clover on the farm, but there Is consid-
cradle difference in the manner of
seeding and managing. There is no
question but that differences in soil
and locality have much 70 do with this
difference, as what is best in one To-
cality viii not always be best in an
other.
Sc SOW on winter wheat, sowing the
seed In February, the exact date being
largely determined by the season
Whenever it can be done it is best to
sow reasonably early. Others claim
that the best results are obtained by
sowing with oats. Take the first OPP
portunity in the spring for doing the
work, as earliness is quite an item
with both clover and oats. Others
sow the clover alone about the time o.
the last snow, say about the last week
In February. These claim that when
the clover is sown with small grain
after the crop is harvested the plants
being so suddenly exposed to the hot
,un after being sheltered all through
heir growth previously, are killed out
Some plow under early in the fall
where a good stage of growth has been
secured, claiming that there is large
amount of Ealua bic plant food in the
Hover which, if plowed under when
green, will be returned to the soil
Others either let the clover die down
n the fall or cut il down with mower
and let it lie until spring, when it is
alowed under. Those following this
plan claim that keeping the soil
shaded aids in storing fertility, and
hence the advantage in letting the
clover lie on the ground until spring,
and then plow under and either plant
70 corn or potatoes, and then SOW to
wheat again in the fall, making a three
Gears rotation; or by having oats fol-
Ow the corn or potatoes and then
wheat and back again to clover, max
ng a four years rotation. Others
plow under the second growth in the
fall and sow to wheat
In locality where the oats can be
sown early, usually not later than the
last week in February, sowing clover
with the oats will nearly always give
rood results, but when the seeding
must be delayed until March because
the soil cannot be suitably prepared be-
fore, it viii be best to sow alone or on
the winter wheat in order to get the
work done early. But the manner Of
sowing is not so important, provided
1t is done in a way that VIII secure a
good growth, as it is to be sure and
sow Hore or less every year. Clover
aids to build up the fertility by mulch
ing the soil Shading the soil aids in
the process of restoring nitrogen, and
3 good growth of clover will shade the |
soil completely. The roots extend deep |
into the subsoil and bring up more or |
less fertility to the surface, and in this |
way the surface soil is enriched /
Clover is a gross feeder and derives |
some Of its sustenance from the air, /
and in this way adds to the fertility. /
The first crop may be cut for hay, be |
fed out To stock and the manure hauled /
put and applied to the soil, and the /
second crop be plowed under to add to .
the fertility. 1t is not best to depend 4
upon clover alone to keep up the fer /
.ility, but it IS very important item,
and on the majority OF farms, es-
oecially in the west, there is not so
much sown as there should bs.-St
Louis Republic.