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TrQ Some Crimson Glover This Fall

Numerous inquiries indicate an
increasing interest in crimson elo-
yer. 1t is now being grown on
small areas where few years
ago many claimed it could not be
grown. 1t is one of our very best
early spring-growing legumes. When
sowed early enough and the winter
is mild it makes considerable
growth during the late fall and
winter, but its strong point is its
rapid early spring growth and ma
turity. 1t furnishes an early crop
of hay when feed is usually scarce,
or may be plowed under at ma
turity in time for crop of corn.
It's weak point is the difficulty
of getting a stand. Failures with
it are due to a variety of causes,
but probably these occur most
frequently from lack of incubation;
seeding too early when the young
plants are killed by dry, hot wealth
er, or seeding too late, when the
plants fail to make sufficient growth
to withstand the winter freezing.
As rule, we think, failure to
inoculate the soil is the most COM
mon cause of failure to get a good
crop, and next in Importance IN
causing these failures is sowing
too late, but except in the northern
part of our territory, sowing too
early is also a frequent cause of
failure.
Many want to SOW it in corn
when 1aying-by that crop, but in
the Cotton Belt we advise against
this as a general practice,f for even
in the northern part of the Cotton
Belt we do not think it should be
sowed before the latter part of
August and further south, Septem-
Der l to October l is better. Meth
er do we advise sowing it at the
last working of cotton, except, pos
sibly, in the extreme northern part
of the Cotton Belt. As general
rule, however, it may be sowed i'm
mediateIy after the first picking of
cotton, or possibly after the second
picking in some localities.
1t is not suitable for growing
on land to be followed by cotton,
for it does not mature sufficiently
early to permit of a proper prepare
ton of cotton lands; but there is
no better preparation for corn
crop. Whether it is cut for hay
or plowed under, the corn will be
benefited, but,of course much more
benefit is received by the corn crop
il the crimson clover is plowed I'M
der If crop of crimson clover is
plowed under, late planting and the
resulting dnager of the corn suffer
ing for lack Of moisture need not
be seriously feared an ordinary
year.
We advise every farmer to try
at least a small area of crimson clo-
yer this year. If the crop has not
been grown successfully on the
farm, pillow, say one acre, now, disk
and harrow Immediately, and har-
row once every ten days Or two
weeks until the latter part of Az
gust or September, according to
the location, and then inoculate the
acre with 500 to 1000 pounds of
soil from a field where crimson,
small white or red clover has grown
successfully, or with the commercial
cultures of the bacteria which may
be purchased from our advertisers,
and sow the seed and brush them
In lightly with harrow. If a
good crop is obtained, this soil will
inoculate the whole farm and more
crimson clover will surely be
grown; but il only little of it
grows, do not become discouraged,
but repeat the same operations on
the same acre next year, and sue
cess is almost certain to follow
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