Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-13
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CLOVER FIELDS OF j. W. SCOTT.

The clover fields of J. w. Scott, of
Gilby, have become famous, all over
the country. For years Mr.. Scott
has been experimenting with clover,
and he has demonstrated. not only
that it can be grown, but that it can
be grown successfully in North Dako-
ia. Mr.. Scott tells the story of some
clover experiments. as follows.
The first crop on the field was cut
for hay July 7th, and the second crop
was cut for seed September Goth, and
threshed out three bushels of seed per
acre on 35 acres. The thresbing was
done with an ordinary threshing ma
chine, which got nearly all the seed.
The land was, what we call old land,
having grown rs crops Of grain in q
years, two OF which were corn. The
land was summer fallowed two years
out of 81. The seed was sown with
the grass seed attachment to single
disc drill, three quarts of clover. three
quarts Of timothy, and one and one.
fourth bushels of wheat being used
per acre. The wheat was used as a
nurse crop, and in my judgment, after
growing clover for over ten years,
wheat is the best crop for this pur-
pose. -. 49,;
The land was inoculated by Joe
Wings method by means. Of stable
manure. The manure was spread on
the blowing during the previous win
ter, then narrowed and seeded as soon
in the spring as the ground was in
fair condition for seeding. The man
ure does not interfere with seeding
with a disc drill.
During the years that l have been
trying to grow clover I have expert
mented with several methods. For
two years used the nitro culture fur
nished and recommended by the agri-
cultural department at Washington for
inoculating the seed, using it just as
directed by the department, and SOW.
ing a portion of the seed treated with
the culture, and leaving a portion un-
treated. In both years 1 was unable
to find any difference in crop where
the treated and untreated seed was
sown. have sown each year not
less than quarter section of land
with clover and timothy, and as re-
suit of my experience l have come to
the conclusion that clover will germ.
mate and come up in our Red River
valley land without incubation, but
that is nearly as far as it will get. 1t
never made a crop for me without in.
oculation by means of stable manure
There have been spots on the unman.
ured fields where the clover was: good,
but l am convinced that these spots
had received droppings of horse man
ure. On such spots, on digging UP the
roots of the healthy clover plants I
have always found large nodules, while
there were mo- nodules in the roots Of
puny clover plants, but few feet a.
way. Hence I have concluded that
there must be some form Of inocula
ton before clover will thrive on our
soil. and the manure method is the
one that has been successful with me.
and the one that recommend especi-
ally for men who have passed the
three-score mark, and who wish to-
live to see the result Of their work. .
Another way to fnoculate the soil
tho it is not as quick as the manure.
plan, is to sow a quart or two OF Glow
er seed with sufficient amount Of
timothy SOW four quarts per acre
cutting one or two crops Of timothy
and cloverf you get any clover
for e hay then break up the sod, SOW