The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-16
j TOMBSTONE TELLS
OF BURR CLOVER
chAGEhan Of Gleason Trustees
Writes on Crop.
MAKES GOOD COVER
Senator From Newberry Believes
That This Legsune Has No
|. Equal for Winter Pasture.

ers OF the State are turning to plant
ing or cover crops more than ever,
Commissioner Watson recommends as
the plainest and strongest statement
on burr clover the following statement
prepared by Senator Alan Johnstone.
chairman OF the board OF trustees OF
Clemson college. telling of his expert
ence with. this crop:
las cover crop during the winter
months or as q winter pasture burr
clover has no equal.
Like the COW pea, it enriches the
soil, gathering nitrogen from the air
and storing IL in the earth
1t VIII grow In almost any soil ex-
cept wet and marshy land-although
1t Is best suited TO clay land.
III Is easy to SOW. only needing to
De, thrown on top of the earth, and
the rains OF the fall will beat II in suS. @
iiciently TO bring IL up. Between the
18th of August and the 18th OF SEM
tember Is the best time to SOW. al
though good results have been OBJ
tained from seed sown az late as the
lat OF December.
When once sown It will ever there
after perpetuate itself, although It
may be easily destroyed by being
plowed under while green.
Make Regular Crop.
II dues not hinder the cultivation
OF regular crop during the summer
months, as the seed will not sprout
suffciently during hot weather to
cause amy Inconvenience. Each sue
ceedlng crop comes from the seed Of
the former crop and not from the
roots which would hinder plowinR.
AS stated above, the seed can be
thrown on top of the hard earth md
need no plowing In or rakinE under.
Tor the plow invariably covers 1t too
-If convenient the land may be
broken, the seed then sown on top
and covered with q light brush or
harrow. They ought not to be moro
than an inch deep.
There need be no fear, however
IN euitivating the land after one crop
OF seen mas been made thereon thnt
me seed Will be buried, for the con.
tinuous plowing 80 Thoroughly mixes
the soil as to leave enough seed near
tne surface to produce q stand In the
fall. q. i - - s..e
"H buried the seed win lie in the
earth, sound, and will Bprout when
turned up nes;f the surface.
Wo bushels 10 the acre will bring
2 per1ect stand. although as little ~,
nalf bnshei. II equally fiIstfibutaa
viii Start II sufficiently III not ,,,ig.
tured while seeding, 10 bring q stand
the second year. & q iS 81 -
& It may be scattered broadcast. In
cotton and corn rows after tho cror
Is laid BY and left to eeme MP In. the
Burr clover makes an excellsnt
winter pasture or lawn. II NAV he
sown on top OF Bermuda sod lor the
Sod OF any sort OF gfass) Just as on
pop' or stle clear earth. and viii anrt,lr
up In the late fail, last Through she
winter. seed In June. bAif,g fhen "a.
placed as the = s.;ssttiisye gtasaes.
h Cows fatten on ii: poultry rayeI In
II; h6ga like it: It makes d great ys,a-
|ture Tor sheep and gcSts.
COWS can not bite iE close enoiieh
20 prevent i'm. reH6eiink. as II NDiiI
gI0y seed In MI the little undulati6ns5
where the cow 3 tongue can not raafh {.
Hogs. pastnred on It should hAye fif,rs
n thetts spuiits TO prevent their YfIIf-
III Hungry sheep or goats fiaishf
possfM; bite it too closely tItat IL enn
not PVT on seed. They should be taken
on about April 15. -. 4
:, Some growers find sit naccssary Ii
The Aoil 20 obtain q sthnsi. 3
others have never had any tr,oubia An
shie respect. Fail infornation 80 ia,
tue proceAs Of inoculotion car he hSd
fpm the United States Department sSe
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