The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09
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The Lssf Call for soying Clovers.
 latest date will have arrived at which # is usually safe to SOW seeds of many wfpter growing forage plants. When sown after the 18th of October very little need be expected of burr clover, the danger of winter killing of crim- con clover is considerably increased. and even alfalfa and red clover are less apt to endure the winter than if the sowing had been made two weeks earlier. Of course 1t Is not to be un- derstood that there is any fixed and absolute date dividing successes from failures but the middle of October is about the nearest approximation to such a date in Central Alabama for the seed just mentioned. However, in eases where one has any of these seed already on hand it will probably be advisable to SOW them. although not day should be lost In so doing.
 Eikewise the seed of dwarf essex rape are better sown about the first of October but sowings made during the latter part of this month may be fair ly successful. This plant should be sown only on rich and highly ferti- lissd land. Moreover, since its chief and almost exclusive use here is for hog pastureage during the winter and early spring, it is desirable that a soil be selected containing such an amount of sand that the trsmping of the hogs during the winter season will not ruin 1t. The writer has seen excellent crops of fall sown rape growing on prairie land but it is doubtful whether on land so easily injured by tramping in wet weather as is this 1t is advisable to grow this crop for grazing during win ter, unless indeed, the hogs can be excluded from the field at all times when the land Is wet.
 While 1t is too late to order seed of all plants mentioned above. there still remains the opportunity to make pro- vision for a number of other winter growing forage plants. Chief among these that may be sown after the mid de of October in Central Alabama are hairy vetch, oats, rye, wheat and bar ley. Very little delay Is permissible in sowing hairy vetch and this crop and all of the grasses are better when sown early
 Again, would urge the necessity of tnoculatfng crimson clover and hairy vetch. using soil from some nearby patch of red, white, or crimson clover to inoculate the clover seed and soil from some area where one of the vetches or English peas have recently grown as material for inoculating vetch seed.
 The Experiment Station, like all farmers at this season, has had a rush of farm work and is just sowing crim- son clover and vstch. Much of our vetch this year is being sown in com bination with rye. not because we like rye better than other grains but be- cause our best success in saving vetch seed last spring was m the fields where vetch and rye grew together. There the rye ripened as usual earlier than the vetch and remained without shat tering until some of the vetch seed were ripe. Then the mixture was cut with the self binder, enough of the vetch seed shattering to reseed the land. On threshing the mixed rye and vetch the mixed grain was found to contain a large proportion of vetch seed, apparently about one-fourth We are preparing to put in one experi- ment with vetch by method which although almost untried before, is be- iieved to be worthy of trial also by farmers who wish to get their fields stocked with Vetch seed at the lowest possible cost. In one field where grain is to be grown fin 1906 we are prepar- ing to plant thfnly a row of vetch in a drill made by scooter, the rows be- ing five feet apart. The land will not be broken until it is prepared for grain next spring. at which time the vetch will be left on the unbroken balk and there permitted to seed and shatter. his balk being broken out about the middle of June. This plan involves ,ne objection, namely. the difficulty of planting corn on a level where the un- broken balk needs to be left between each pair of rows JED. Time to Craze Crimson Clover and
 Hairy Vetch.
 The enquiries answered below come from the Tennessee Valley:
 Answering your recent inquiries re- garding crimson clover. I would say that when it germinates in September or even early in October it affords pas turage for hogs in March and ..pril and on rich land in February I am unable to state how long in the spring it might be graved without sacrificing the hay crop, but doubt whether 1t would as readily recover from grazing as does vetch. which latter plant can and then with sufficient rains it will make a fair cutting of hay.
 Answering your inquiries about hairy vetch. I would say that 1t should be sowed at any date between the latter part of August and the middle of Oc- tober. that it makes good pasturage for hogs and other stock in March. April and May and that with early sowing on rich land it can be grazed still earlier. The hay is excellent in quality. and ready to cait here about the seventh of May, with you probably it would be ready about the 18th. At least thirty pounds of seed per acre should be sown with about the usual amount of beardless wheat per acre for hay. The price is about 9 or 10 cents per pound, and vetch seed are carried by most Southern seedsmen. JED.
 Fertilizer For Wheat.
 A DeKalb County correspondent asks for a formula with which to fertilize x.1ha To