The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27

partially thrown Ou5 by frrsl. 1t
amount of heaviDg occur
it indicates the need of undertakings
The crop should be cut for hay when |
the seed is in the milk to dough stage
It cut sooner the max mum amount OF |
food is not secured, ard if left longer,
much of the nutriment of the plant /
has been transferred to the seed, which
passes through the animal undigested |
The leaves are also more likely to be |
lost in the curing process. When |
sown with timothy it has to be left q |
little longer in order to give the timothy |
more time to develop If put in the
sIlo it should be cut sooner by three or
four days than when intended fer hay
We have filled cur sitO the last four
years with great success.
Should the clover become too ripe it
rad better be cut while the dew is on,
or water added in filing, to insure
sufficient packing to exclude the air
For hay the clover should be cut IL the
morning after the dew is of, and lefC
5o dry until the middle Of the afternoon.
" hen it may be put in large windTows
or -cks IL the weather ls favorable
1t may be spread out the Lex5 after
noon and taken TO the barn In the
afternoon. Ii should be handled as
IicGle as possible to prevent the less OF
leaves, and can be lett IN cocks several
days If proper attenIi zion is given them.
Ehe cock covers, now to be had on the
market, could probably be used 60 g od
advantage by many who at present
suffer q large loss IN the improper cur
ing OF the hay. The prejudice againss
clover hay is largely due to the care
less methods of curing, in which the
leaves are. lost and the stems INSULT
GENTLY dried to prevent molding in the
NOV.
Crimson clover (TTifoZiun1 ir1c0T1aa
tunl) We have baQ as much as q
Gons of hay per acre where the seeu
vas sown alone at the rate Of 10 quarts
per acre in 5he beginning Of Ju.y. 1t
egatured the last week in May. For
gae past three years we hsve so VI
D ats On J1ly Is n, August 18th and
September 1st. The July sowing Was
the best in every ins, arce. Our great
eat fiji ;uiry in securing a stand in the
corn field has been the August drought
TIE seed wcu.d germGnate, but the
plants would die before getting firm
mold in the soil If possible the soil
should be narrowed Immediately before
and after the seed is sown. In 1894 5
it came through the winter very we'll,
but part of the plants were killed 10
April by the suns rays on a frosty
morning. The seed does not germinate
we'll when mere than a year old,
so that great care must be secure fresh
seed.
Alfalfa (Medicago satiUG) has not
proven q success with US. Our soil ie
magnesium limestone clay with
rather q compact subsoiI, and only
moderately well drained In sever Il
instances we secured g good stand, bus
it was nearly ell f., z n out the frs
winter. We tried to grow it by inocu
lAting the soiI with nitro gen and sol
obtained from the Geneva Experlme1
station, on which large growth htd
been secured the previous year. tn
plat treated with the Geneva soil was
b. tier than the plat receiving no treat
ment, but the nitrogen had little effgc
on the stand and gro 9TH.
Aleike clover (TrifoliIn1 hybriduna,
dot q lite well with US, especially or
the damper ground, and we think il
ulI often be used by the farmers Of
tnis State to good advantage, especially
where the land is pastured. In 1896
we exoerimented as TO the proper
depth to SOW the different clovers, and
found that covering from one inch tc
one and one half inches was better
than very light covering. The SEED
covere d three and four inches did MOI
come up. The crimson clover cams
uo a little better when covered two
inches than white clover. which result
should be expected from thee "a OF tht
seed e II. H9as, IN Practical Farmer
BROME GRASS.