The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-24
For TIE Fam,
Firesi,le
dsver Growing IN North Dakota.
Genu1nicat3ons from Farmers on matters Of
ieEsst VIA Be given space with pleasure.

6lsver Growing In North Dakota.
The time was when North Dakota
was considered outside Of the clover
; beh, but the enterprise characteristic
q the North Dakota farmers has found
way of growing clover where 1t was
once said that 1t could never be grown.
The accompanying illustration is Of a
He'd Of North Dakota clover as 1t is
being harvested on the farm Of Mr.. d.
G. Smith of Blockford. He gives our
readers his experience. It should be
of value to those who are farming in
sessions where difficulty is experienced
IN growing clover.
Like many another man in the Da-
kotas, have for years been making
almost annual trials of clover. II any
larger measure of success has been
mine it must have been due to a firm,
belief that practical plan of clover
raising has been within our reach.
believe that have learned the trick
Of growing clover in the Red river val
ley and that anyone can do it that fol-
lows the rule. The rule is this: Be
content with a One-year crop. The
mistake we have. all been making ia
trying to follow eastern methods and
keep a clover field for two years.
Nine times out of ten we can carry
the clover crop successfully through
the first winter, the high stubble of
the wheat with which it is sown catch
ing the snow and protesting it. 1t is
the second winter that does the harm.
1T Ia hard to see beautiful clover
field go at the end of single year, but
believe that the one-year PLAN for
clover is actually better for. u.s. One
creP OF clover gives, good returns Of
itself, puts the land In good condition
and restores 1t to the business of
wheat raising in half the time requir-
ed when it lies in clover two years.
Il speak now of clear clover sown
with wheat for nurse crop. advise
every farmer in the valley to try
little clear red clover, but l most es-
pecially, and most earnestly, urge up-
- every valley farmer to add two or
three pounds of, clover to every acre
q land sown in timothy. Then if the
cssEer kills out as mine did in the dry
spring of 1900. you have the timothy
left.
10 raise one-year clover in the Red
river valley scarcely specific d.
reettons are required, but may make
these suggestions: Mix the clover seed
with the wheat, seed shallow on a well
prepared, firm seed bed, be early in
seeding operations, leave a high stub
sie when cutting the wheat and look
confidently for good catch OF clover
the next spring.
And II you get good catch hardly
anything but a drouth can prevent
year having good crop.
We SOW three pounds of clover seed
1stn SIX quarts of timothy. For clear
Glover with a wheat CROP we have
ksen sowing eight pounds of alsike
clover or ten pounds of red clover
per acre, but am inclined to think
twelve pounds of the latter might
prove better quality.
My experience until late wears has
been mostly with alsike clover because
Of its greater persistence in the land,
hut with the adoption of the one-year
crop, much prefer medium red clover
I'm our business we do not need a
clover to persist in the soil. Let us
take one. good crop and pillow it down.
and with it take courage.
Buy the best quality to be had and
from reputable seedmen. Anticipat-
Ing Inquiries, I will say that at pres
emit | have no seed for sale.
We have considerable seed in stack
bat cannot tell when it will be thresh-
ed.
Let me add. don't summer fallow