South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-09
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this Will not hurt the wheat and
will cover the clover seed better,
thus giving il a better chance and
making il possible 10 get a stand
with less seed. Co Do not SOW red
clover on low, poorly drained land;
use only alsike. Red clover is more
likely TO fail on such land and al
sike is almost certain TO succeed.
Also the seed OF alsike is smaller
and a pound of this contains more
, than twice as many seeds as a
pound Of red clover does. conse-
quently the alsike will 20 twice as
far. CD on good land with plenty
OF moisture even if it is not wet
land, and on land where red clover
does not do we'll because of a lack
Of lime. sow alsike clover seed only.
This is urged because alsike is
cheaper now than red and relatively
more plentiful, and because on rum
down land the chances of a stand
with alsike are better than they are
with red. Or SOW a mixture of
about 4 pounds of red and 3 pounds
( of alsike. (e) SOW sweet clover.
I ly like red clover and succeeds well
/ in north Kentucky and from Illinois
/ north and west 1t has also been
successfully grown in Ohio and In
/ diana and might we'll be substituted
| IN these states on soils having plen-
/ ~ Of lime. If sweet clover is sowa
/ il should be seeded on wheat early
IN spring just as for red clover. but
farmers should insist on scarifed
alfalfa has not been grown before.
/ the seed should be inocuiated. This
is important. Sweet clover has also
been found to DO we'll on the sandy
lands of northern Michigan and in
general wherever lime and inocu-
! lation can he given it should be
worth trying as a substitute for red
clover. Further information may
be secured from Farmers Bulletin
| No. 1917 on sweet clover
CD Use lime freely to strengthen
the clover and thus help 10 insure
a stand. While the best time TO
apply lime is when land is being
prepared for wheat, it will do good
if ground limestone is put on the
wheat and narrowed in with the
clover seed.
60 In some sections. especially
in the southern parts of the clover
belt and on favorable lands farther
north, clover may be seeded after
wheat harvest This is the most
successful practice in Kentucky
Tennessee, and in sections just
north of these states. The seed
bed should be we'll prepared and
made firm so the young plants can
make a rapid growth
(4 While it is not possible to pre-
dict what the supply of clover seed
Will be in the winter of 1919, there
is much reason to fear that the
present condition of inadequate sup
plies Will continue. There is now
a strong export demand, and with
the continuance of the war the i'm
|, ports will again probably be negli-
bic. The increased acreage of corr
and cereals did not make for a large
acreage of clover which can be left
for seed next summer. and even il
the season is good the supply car
not well be very large. If seeding
is heavy this spring there Will be
little, if any, carry over. and it may
not unreasonabIy be expected that
the supply next year will be quite
as short as it is this year. Farmers
we feel will do well 10 consider
this and prepare in advance for us
ins such other forage crops in addi-
ton 10 clover as they can probably
grow. one suggestion is that they
/; plan to increase the acreage OF
timothy. This makes a hay not as
. good as clover for dairy use but is
/, the best of the true grasses, and
, timothy sod makes a good founda.
ton for a following corn crop. 9th
er crops will suggest themselves FOL
, special sections.