The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-26
TINE TO SOW WINTER LEGUMES
Natter That Must Be determined by
Latitude or Location.

Crimson clover. bur clover and
vetch are sown from August - TO
November Is. The first date is too
early probably anywhere in the Cot
! ton Belt. and certainly too early any
where except on the extreme north
ern border of the Cotton Belt. The
latter date is too late anywhere.
In the northern third of the Cot
ton Belt we advise seeding these
crops from August 20 to September
-. In the central third of the Cot
ton Belt We would SOW them from
| September 10 to October l, and in the
southern third from September Il tc
October Is. For fall-sown alfalfa
probably the same dates will apply
Earlier seeding of bur clover and
vetch will not generally be found Sc
riouslv Objectionable and likely tc
prove unsuccessful.
North of the Cotton Belt. earlier
seeding of crimson clover is probably
desirable. but in the Cotton Belt the
earlier seeding of crimson clover is
likely to fail. The seed germinate
quickly wherever there is moisture
If they germinate earlier than August
| 20 to September l, the young clover
plants are likely to be killed by the
hot dry weather. When these young
plants are protected by crop like
cowpeas or corn or cotton they will
often live, provided there is sufficient
moisture, even though they come up
as early as July; but this only applies
to the extreme northern limits of the
Cotton Belt and is too risky for gen.
eral practice.
Following the custom further
north, it has been advised to SOW
crimson clover at the last cultivation
of the corn or cotton crops. AS in
dicated, this may succeed on the
northern border Of the Cotton Belt
under very favorable and unusua!
conditions, but it is not safe prac-
tice, and the Progressive Farmer does
not and never has recommended the
practice for the Cotton Belt.
If the corn fields are clean, which
is not often the case with early corn,
crimson clover may be sown in corn
at the dates named above as best for
seeding in the different sections, with
a fairly good chance for success If
there is sufficient moisture. But we
believe it is generally better to cut
and remove the corn, disk the land
and SOW the crimson clover seed and
cover very lightly.
Cotton lands offer the best place
for the seeding of crimson clover
without the removal of the crop and
special preparation of the soil. We
do not advise sowing crimson clover
at the last cultivation of the cotton,
but we do advise sowing it in the cot
ton fields from August 20 to October
|, according to the locality, October
! is too late for seeding crimson clov-
er in cotton in the northern half OF
the Cotton Belt. 1t is very rare that
crimson clover cannot be sown in cot7
ton without injury to the cotton If
it is done Immediately after the first
picking. If the cotton fields are as
weedy as was common last season.
the seeding of crimson clover may
not prove successful, but usually the
late cultivated cotton fields are rea-
sonably clean. :.
There have been some failures with
crimson clover from too early seed
ing, especially when there has been
a great scarcity of moisture, but
many more failures have resulted
from too late seeding Of all these
fall-sown legumes. We make an ur-
gent plea for earlier seeding Of GRIM
son clover, bur clover and vetch, than
is generally practiced, and certainly
earlier than was common last year.
The fact that these crops, sown al
most any time during the fall of 1913,
were successful caused many to SOW
later than common last year, and the
result was generally more or less OF a
failure, as will usually be the case
from late seeding.-Progressive Far
mer.
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