Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-01-18
FALL SEEDING.
Timothy After Wheat-Its EReoAa On
a Glover Crop. t6

a Glover Crop.
For more than forty years 1 have
made an invariable practice of sow.
ing timothy seed in the fall, and II
has never yet failed to catch. During
that time failures of spring sown seed
have not been uncommon. Some use
the seeding attachment of the drill and
sow at the same time with the. wheat
This assures a catch but if the sowing
is done early in the season it some.
times gets such a start that it injuries
the wheat and greatly reduces the
yield. This is especially true if for any
reason the wheat doesn't do we'll, and
so prefer to sow two or three weeks
after the wheat has been sown.
A few years ago we had a remarka
bly, dry fall, and the timothy seed
didn't even r0gout, but it came on ear
ly in the spring and made a good
stand. The alternate freezing and
thawing of the winter seemed to bury
the seeds so they struck a deeper root
and were better able to withstand the
drought that followed the harvest.
Quantity of Seed.
SOW three quarts of timothy seed
per acre. 1 have always found tina:
quantity ample, better even than six
quarts in the spring. value a good
catch of clover far more than one OF
timothy, and it is difficult to get a
good stand Of clover if the ground is
thicl1ly set with lusty fall sown tim.
othy plants
Timothy sown in the fall will grow
up and head out with the clover; caus-
ing the clover to grow finer, and it
will support and prevent it from lodg
ing. thus increasing the yield. and
greatly improving the quality.
A year ago last June Professor C. G.
Williams at the Wooster. experiment
station was showing to visitors the eff
feet of lime on clover. The growth on
the lined plots was wonderfully luxu
RANT. 1t was just heading out and
badly lodged. The weather was warm
and wet, and the clover was badly
rotted on the under side.
Support For Glover.
There were occasional timothy heads
sticking up above the clover, but the
growth was too feeble to afford mate
rial support. Questions brought out
the fact that the timothy and clover
seed were sown at the same time In
March, and Professor Williams said
he had no doubt that had the timothy
seed been sown in the fall the growth
would have been vigorous and strong
enough to support the clover and THIS
prevented lodging and greatly faclli
tated curing the hay, besides vastly
improving its quality. However, this
was just one of the side issues brought
out. The experiment on this plot was
not being conducted to demonstrate
the value of the timothy plant.
While l value timothy highly for the
reasons above stated l wouldn't think
of sowing any less clover seed. Where
clover can be grown it is our most val
liable soil renovator.-E. P. Snyder In
Ohio Farmer.
Mice In Market Gardens.
Meadow mice are destructive to mar
ket gardens. Strawberry fields are es.
pecially liable to attack, because Of the
mulch used to protect the plants and
because of the animals fOndness fol
the succulent crowns of the plants
themselves. These mice destroy seeds
In the garden, hotbed or cold frame
potatoes in the ground and many other
growing vegetables. In the fall they
destroy beets, turnips, carrots, pars
nips, celery, apples and potatoes
when piled on the ground or stored in
pits. The depredations may to a great
extent be prevented by the careful
burning of weeds and other trash
which harbor the pests.