Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-01-10
Row no rElI pOppER IN CLOVER

lsessA, Agricultural Ssasioa Rallstlal
Farmers IN Eany seStSsas Of feea,
Sylyana have eseea Saaaa = sAreN3llke,
velewisA viae growing With their clover,
This plant Is gsseEally SaeWa As ''eleVsr
lsSaSer,N Saa as ''SlraaglS weed, h
kills the clover On which Il grows,
TAere are several aISIiaSs kinds Of aed-
der. cue kiaa preSeVsIag % grow % al
fslfa, another ea tax, SUI another On
smart wed, and some kinds mNrs or
less lualsegSmIaate in their eAalSe q a
hest Plant,
nNaass grows from seed, which ser,
inmates Ia the Soil aud gr0ws there tor
q tsne, When The clover has become
well established in the soil and 10 grow,
inc vigorously the aeaaer ranners or
vIaes have also begun to develop Ae,
e0ralag 10 habit. they begin to eatwlne
about the clover StenS and leaves With
which they eome IL contact, As soon
As the dNaaer stem has eneIrclea clever
stem small suckers Rrotraae from the
tiOiier stem on the side Of eoatacl With
the clover. aud psaetra,e the latter
through the Small openings or seemata.
These suckers perSerm the functions Of
RIOTS. Withdrawing the aOatlshIng sap 1
from the clover stems TO support the
growth of the aOader, When the aed,
der has become attached to the clover
It's contact With the soil dies away aud
from that time On il grows vigorously,
spreads rapidly and seea depletes the
vSrer 0f the clover to saeh IN extent
that ii dies The aOader On these plants
dies alsO. bat the new growth continues
in the direction of fresh pasture. thus
in time Ietming circle Of dead plants |
fringed With ring Of aOader gradually |
spreading, The plant flowers prOtasely |
aud produces some seed, These remain |
visible during the water aud under |
favorable conditions may terminate in 4
the spring,
II Is not very oNen that the clever
dOdder spreads over the entire field dar-
Ing the 6rSt year from seeding, but the
second year il is likely to be much more
prevalent owing 10 the abundance Of
seed scattered, The small patches or
single plants from which il spreads. IL
discovered in time, may be seraped with
= hoe, clover aud all, aud carried from
the Geld, Care must be exercised, how,
ever. not to scatter any loose sprigs Of
dodder, rs these may take hold aud
grow il they chance 10 fall on green
clover, II the Infested patches have
attained considerable sise q ring rs
inches TO = feet wide may be Seraped
around them 10 prevent further spread
ing, but this method does not prevent
the maturing aud scattering Of the seed,
Sometimes the infested spots NAV be
covered with straw or other rubbish aud
burned over
Perhaps an easier way to hold these
small spots in cheek aud prevent them
from spreading further is to spray them
with 2 or 3 per cent, solution Of copper
salphate, Il would be desirable TO des,
troy the dOdder aud leave the clover
but this is very ditHealt, as
the portions Of the dodder stem entwia-
ing the clover will not be killed aud
new growth will start from them, How,
ever. = solution of enc pound Of cop,
per salphAIe to from four to six gallons
Of water applied with spray pump until
The plants are thoroughly wet will be
aud il the clover plants are
killed It will serve also 10 hold the doa,
Ter in check sud prevent it from spread.
ng or seeding, lf this Is done this fall
/ may be necessary 20 repeat the Appli,
,atiOn again in the spring in order 10
prevent further spread before III, clover
is ready to cut
In case the entire field is affected two
Ihings may be d0nes The meadow may
be heavily pSstared or the sod may be
plowod under In case the crop is pas,
tared the clover may be saved to the
use Of the stock, but at the same time
vIAhle dodder seed may remain in the
soil aud become troublesome again next
year, unless the land is put in corn or
some ether cereal crop, IL the sod is
turned under this fall this soil will be
amelI0rated hs the clover. aud the land
may be planted to corn, POTATOES or some
grass or cereal erOp next year, This
latter is perhaps the Sarer method Of
eradIoa.ing the dOdaer,
nodder may be distributed in clover
fields ordinarily in three ways; First,
dodder seed may be sawa with the GLOW,
CT seeds second, it may be distributed
in manure made from infested hay, aud
third. 1t may be scattered from road.
sides or waste places, The 6rst Of
those methods is perhaps the mest com,
mon one Clover seed should never be
harvested aud saved from doider,iafest.
ed fields, Ills in this way that the
two become mixed, Ii. however, the
seeds are harvested together, they
should be separated by selves Of such |
mesh as to held back the clover seed
and allow the dedder seed to PASS
through, For mammoth. crimson and /
medium red clover this is easily accom-
plIShed by Seive with a mesh Of 70 T.
the inch, but with white aud alsike
elovers the separation is more dIfRoal1
as these elOvers ard the deiaer are more |
nearly Of the same sise, However, a
sS,mesh seIve, while permitting some /
snail clover seeds 10 pass through aud
retaining some large dedaer seeds will /
make COED separation
The Important point u.s. The planter
must see 10 il that he secures pure,
clean clover seed,