Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-23

Agent Adsmond | was furnished b.
the government with a bottle o
notro culture with which to inoculat
the seed. Part of the seed | inocu
lated and part | did not. The inocu
lated seed did much the better
moved a small portion of IN!
crimson clover. to try it as hay, ant
am highly pleased with it as hay
crop, for STOCK seem to like it equal tC
any hay. | plowed under some just as
part of the seed was maturing, so as
to have it re-seed itself, which it has
done to perfection. 1t remains to see
if it will be good at the end of the
year.
| let some get fully ripe for seed.
Lesley Frey has a stripper and | let
him save several hundred pounds on
the shares.
! This is my first eXperiencewith Grim
son clover, but | am more than pleased
with results so far. Later | will be
glad to report my success, II any, with
crimson clover re-seedng itself, also
as to what the benefits are to the land
by blowing under.
u. w. Lundy.
Crimson clover is the greatest soil
improving crop and the best winter
pasture where it can be successfully
grown. The writer, knows many cases
in the South where crimson clover IS
grown between corn crops and the land
has been steadily improved as has the
yield of corn.
The clover is sown in August in the
corn and plowed under the following
April or May and corn again PLANTED.
The writer saw a filed of corn in
Southwest Virginia that was The FORTH
corn crop in succession on !le Ian and
it was said to be the best, and Il was
good for fifty bushels pe1 acre. Grim
son clover was sown ir .lch n crop
to pillow under the llowi' 8 spring
when the corn as r. ated.
The writer vas own another up
land field where Sc N corn crops were
grown in success; i and the seventh
crop wa the best one. Crimson
clover WIS sown in each corn crop to
1! e plowe4 unGet the following spring
1t seems to "a established beyond
doubt the Gro. of crimson clover plowed
under adds + ore nitrogen and humus
to the soil tnan corn crop and year.
cultivation remove from the land.
BY using criDlson clover the farmer
can tale his grain crops off and still
the soil can be improved A good crop
of crimson clover plowed under is equal
to very good application of stable
manure and is better than manure from
cattle feed on corn stalks, straw or
grass hay. For the lands sake grow
crimson clover.
On trip into Lincoln County,
tennessee, the latter part of Septem-
Der the writer saw the best fall and
winter pastures that he had ever seen
anywhere and of any kind. Practically
every farm had one or more fields Of
crimson clover 1t had been sown in
fore part of August on land that was
plowd in July and gotten in fine shape.
It came up in less than week and
in six to eight weeks it had covered
the ground completely and many hogs,
calves and sheep were turned on these
pastures. AS it got better and the
other pastures deteriated more stock
was turned on the clover.
The opinion those farmers had of
crimson clover was that it is a big
paying crop just as pastdre.
1t can he pastured in fall, winter
and early spring and yet fine green
manure crop can be turned under in
April or early May to improve the land
Many farmers in the Central Basin
practically carry stock hogs through
the winter on crimson clover on years
when the clover gets good start in
the fall and when the winters are mod
crate. 1t is even better for calves
and sheep.
For best results it..should be sown