Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-20
THEFARM And ClP1Ti
Clover Seed Should be SovD {.
More Generally.
THE VALUE OF CLOVER srro,.,
Its Green subtance Keeps The ST. N.
and Thus Gives Great Value Z
Mineral Manures,

Every farmer understands u,
nous advantage to any grain ~ y enot
waited crop II it has during it, - culti
chance to feed on the deIom s.owth
grown the year before. ~ III eod
SOD that made by seeding heayi lr ~. Z
common red clover is the best Y Mil
ering the slight cost Of clover s sus.a
acrs and the fact that during Il. ss ~ M
1t adds directly to soil fertjlitu tS SsoNlh
not another farm operation Il SIs
money value increases 60 fast ~ - winch
as in this. Setting hen and 81 hfn
dozen eggs into as many chicks sukns
perhaps as near MAKING n.,r.' so W.
usury as farmers are often na,,ni ey llls
do. But the care OF the lien a ,r;s. ~ y
costs q great deal. With 4 baaac nIeti
ing OF clover in March or Ar.,} ~
well-htted seed bed nature can BE- r 81
upon to 90 the rest. How much NV |. 4
good seeding OF clover sown last 49,
worth now? 1t depends much a. eR ia.
ity, for iertilityis worth much mora n, w. ~.
a good market than it lie where NJ Nv, W
ucts cannot be sold. It IA worth p XIV
for some crops than it is for other. 10y .sss
The CutttUGtOr. For corn or nososna .sjs 4.
is worth more than it can BE- H. ~ Y
small grain crop. These cultiyateS 49,. =!
double the value of any kind ~ t S
iser applied to them. ButIthe otbs WV, ~
farmer, looking over a well.sa.s.yl
clover field from which wheat - 49,, !, lss
just been taken. remarked that he vo M
not take $l5 per acre and have the Ssi,
LETT without seeding. The clover ~
cost perhaps $1.25 per acre. A. \ ~ ~.
dear last spring. Here was pain i
twelve Tor one since last March. II ~
quires a good breed OF setting hans !.
beat such record as this. Clovar ~ i
ought to be sown far more general,
than it is, even If the land i n i.
plowed within year or even within
few months. We have known iarms,s
to venture seeding OF clover on sn,;r.
grain when they intended to plov M
sow winter wheat on the stubble After
the oats or barley was harvested. Soma
times the seeding got in this way viii h
good enough to change the farmers I'll.
culatlons about blowing it up in the an.
tumn. We have known others on wall.
drained land to SOW clover seed on bueL.
wheat, and even in corn after the III
cultivation in July. The corn shades tbs
young clover from the hot sunshine. AMI
often good stand is thus secured. Ith
plowe under next spring, OF course. but
probably no cheaper fertility is thus 60
cured to the soil than from this triaina
expenditure for clover seed. Itis, We
think, true generally, wherever clover
can be made to grow, that it gives more
fertility for less outlay either OF money
or labor than any other way of msnut
ing land. 1t is above all good basis on
which to add other fertilizers, as i'd
green substance keeps the soil moist
and thus gives value to mineral manures
hat would otherwise be inert and worth
l,ss. Thus it is the practice Of some
market gardeners to seed certain part
Of their land every year with clover.
These do not try to pasture the clover Or
NOW it TOR hay. The green manure il
more evenly distributed than they could
distribute stable manures, and at nocot
except chain attached to the pow to
bend the clover down and thus insure its
complete subversion as the land ID
plowed.