The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-28

II Is important that considerable growth
should be made before winter On the
other hand. TO obtain a good stand. one
must wait for a suitable season. 1t is not
necessary to prepare the land especially
Tor the clover crop. but the seed NAV be
sown in fields of cotton. corn. or veGeta-
Dies immediately after the cultivation
ana without covering. If clover is the
only crop light brushing or rolling is in
ofoer. The seed may also be sown among
Ine vines OF pea crop. Grim son clover
oeglns ITS growth as the peas die, and
-these Two renoNating crops supply very
large amount OF organic matter to the
soil.
Failure to secure a stand of crimson
cloL is frequent, due sometimes to the
SEED and sometimes to the season. The
newly germlnated plants are easily killed
oy scorching sun. On stubble land a
catch may be secured by narrowing
deeply and then sowing the seed and roll
ing or narrowing lightly.
In Delaware crimson clover can be cut
for hay or for silage early in Nav. In
the south it blooms in April A yield of
one TO two tons of excellent hay NAV be
secured from very thin land. The hay
IS taken OF in time to allow the use of the
neIo Tor other summer crops In Della
ware some farmers, while blowing under
the green crop in orchards, turn the fur
rows so as to leave the heads of clover
above ground. Their heads bear seed
anu thus ord stand the next year. In
cutting for hay in orchards other farmers
leave strips of uncut clover along the
rows of trees. IRON these strips the
seed is scattered for the next year s
crop.
Crimson clover may follow grain or
grass as well as cultivated crops After
cult ated crops its usually makes a good
eaten with slight expense Orchards on
thin soils may be benefited by blowing in
crimson clover for several years in sue
cesslon. On rich soil and for some crops
1t is possible to INCORPORATE too much or
ganlc mater with the soil Crimson
clover leaves the land in good condition
Tor a crop of cotton, corn, or vegetables.
II has been found an excellent substitute
Tor nitrate of soda in growing sweet pota-
toes IN Delaware
AT the delaware experiment station
crimson clover yielded at the rate of ID
tons 565 pounds of green material per
acre exclusive of roots and stuOble), con-
tanning l3l pounds of potash, So pounds Of
p1osphortc acid, and 10 pounds of nitro
gen AS source of nitrogen for
fruits, field crops, and vegetables
10 has given highly Sa .isfactory resu is, ia
some cases surprising nitrate of sofa.
The following illustration of the result
OF using crimson clover Tor green manuriug
IS from recent re, ort of the Delaware
experiment station:
SEED of crimson clover, costing 81 per
re, was sown in corn field near New
ark, in 1891, Immediately after the last
cult alton of the crop. The clover
passed out of blossom during the first
week of June, 1892. A test made at that
time indicated that the green crop then
standing weighed eight tons 900 pounds
per acre, II was plOwed under
on the 18th instant; Mastodon seed
corn was, planted on the 18th. An
adjoining plat upon which toma-
toes had been grown in 1891, and upon
which no clover had been seeded for many
years, was also planted with the same
variety of corn on the 9TH instant.
A portion of this corn on the tomato plat
was tOp-dressed with nitrate of soda. 100
pounds per acre, costing 81. The tomato
plat Yielded twenty-four bushels of
snelled corn per acre, the tomato plat
vi h nitrate of soda yielded thirty
bushels and the plat manfred with Grim
soA clover yielded forty eight bushels.
light tons 800 pounds Of crimson clO-
yer from seed whi h cost 81 per acre
added "A bushels to the corn crop. One
dollar invested in nitrate of soda and
used as a top-dressing added bushels to
the corn crop Hence in this case 81 in
vested in clover seed returned four times
as much as 81 invested in nitrate of soda
As to the relative amount of labor in
vOlVed, the sowing of the seed and the
broadcasting of the nitrate possibly bal
anCe each other. Flowing down a green
crop is doubtless far more costly than
blowing bare ground. This drawback
may reduce the abo, e named apparent
gain by approximately % per cent"