The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-24
aovv To Get An Economical Start Elth
yetch or Bur Glover.

How To Get An Economical start s.'h
yetch or Bur Clover.
Too much can scarcely be said as 70
the strong merits of these two plants
as soil renovators, as winter pastures :,
and, In the case of the vetcn, as nay
plant. Unfortunately the high price Oh
these seed prevents the two plants com
ing into extensive use as rapidiy as
they should In the following para
craps will outline some OF the meth
DDS nv which a small amount OF THESE
seeds, costing an amount WITHIN. every
farmers reach, may be sown THIS Iaii
and this thin sowing may be the means an,
Of re-seeding the land next June. Inc
seed left on the land next June Will
lie In the ground ready to germinate
after rains next August and SEPTEMBER
The procedure necessary with vetch Will
first be noted and the same course can
he followed with bur clover, except that
the latter plant is not advisable IN
mixture with oats
To insure thrifty growth and abund-
ant re-seeding, the bur clover must be
put into the ground at once and the
yetch seed just as promptly as possible.
and before October Is. The vetch seed
must be inoculated. using soil from an
old vetch field or from part OF the
garden where English peas nave recent
Nv grown. The bur clover need not pc
iriocuIated IL the burs are sown, but II
threshed California seed are sown iroc-
ulation with soil from an alfalfa or bur
clover field is necessary
First Plan.
Select a piece of land that Is in
tended for corn In 1907 With small
scooter mark off rows at least ffve rect
anart. In this furrow drill at least 100
pounds per acre of acid phosphate or
Of some guano. Then drop four to six
seed or seed burs every step. II possible
stepping on the seeds as you walk
along Then cover lightly either with
one or two burrows of asscooter or other
appropriate implement. When the time
- nIow the land for corn arrives, so
pfow as not TO cover the young vetch
plants. Plant corn as usual. locating
the row of corn half way between the
rows or vetch There is lfttieconven-
fence in planting this particular piece
Of corn little late. say not before the
first of April, or late enough 70 nave
the slaying by" time come after the
twentieth of June. In cultivating the
corn. leave undisturbed a balk about
one foot wide which balk should not be
allowed to dry out by being left, barred
off. In this narrow slip let the vetcn
plants mature. avoiding as far as pos
sible throwing dirt on the outreaching
vines during the cultivation OF corn.
Late In June. as soon as the seed are
mature and beginning to shatter. throw
out the balk, covering the vines. The
vines make rich fertilizer and the peas
that may now be planted where the
strip OF vetch grew will be the ranker
ON account of the preceding crop.
Pull the corn as early In September
a. nossible IL the field is intended for
a mixture of vetch and oats to be cut
in the late spring of 1907. II the ma
fority of the vetch seed have not sprout-
ed by the time the corn Is out of the
way. piow the land broadcast as soon
as fit for blowing and Immediately SOW
about bushels of Red Rust Proof oats,
or on rich land, either this variety or
the Turf oat. using at least 900 pounds
of phosphate OF guano at planting time.
To secure re-seeding of vetch grown
with oats is not dificult, but requires
Judgment. IL can be done in two ways.
either by moving the mixture OF grain
very early for hay Ia mixture with
wheat permitting even earlier cutting
than with oats); or by delaying the
harvesting of the grain until 1t is dead
ripe and the vetch seed beginning to
shatter Immediately plant the field In
broadcast COW peas.
Second Plan.
On land intended for cotton in 1907
Immediately lay off rows at least 1-2
feet apart Plant vetch or bur clover
seed as directed above. Leave an un-
cultivated balk between all cotton rows,
not breaking this balk until the seed
,,of the iegumes scatter: vetch plants
will come up in September. In prepar-
ing for cotton in subsequent years, an
Sunbroken balk must be left until after
the seed of the 1egume ripen. This
balk may be either In the old water
furrow or along the line of old cotton
plants, according as the stand of the
iegume Is better In the one or the other
position.
Third Plan.
This Is for land that is now available
for sowing in oats at once Sow oats
as usual, but promptly. AS soon as the
oats are covered. walk over the land
as though following burrows six feet