The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-01
Best Pasture Crop

w. Z. Adams, troid, Roosevelt
County.-"Have sown from 80 to 90
acres each year since 1914. SOW
with a nurse crop at the rate of S
to 10 pounds of hulled and scarified
seed per acr Harvest IL to 2 tons
of hay per acre from the first cut
ting of the second year. AS to feed
ing value consider sweet clover hay
hard to beat when compared with
other hays. Sweet clover is by far
the best pasture crop l ever tried
and consider that butter from COWS
on sweet clover pasture has much
better flavor. We have as yet found
no n who did not prefer it.
Prepare a Good Seen Bed
A. B. Edwards, Harlowton, Wheat
land County.-"Get best results by
seeding on land which has been plow-
ed shallow, double disked, narrowed
and packed, sowing from 5 to 7
pounds of seed per acre"
Improves Soil
Andrew P. Jahren, Stanford, Ju-
dith Basin County.-"Have sown ap-
proximately fifteen acres each year
since 1917. l summer fallow and pre-
pare the seed bed as thoroughly as
for a garden and SOW from 6 to II
pounds of seed per acre. 1 would
like to have sweet clover on every
foot Of my land. It is the best crop
in the world for improving soils and
when cut and cured right the hay
compares favorably with alfalfa"
Better than Alfalfa Hay
William C. Clikeman, Moccasin, Ju-
dith Basin County.-'T believe it is
the coming salvation for hay and
pasture for the dry land farmer. l
am now feeding Z head of horses and
10 head Of cattle and there is moth
ing left behind the horses and only a
few scattering stalks resembling a
handful Of lead pencils left behind
the cows. My brood sows are doing
fine on it. I shall not use the white
blossom any more if I can obtain the
as from my observation the
does not grow so rank and
makes a finer quality of hay. AS a
soil builder I can see nothing else,
and as to weeds, they have no place
the sweet clover field, that is, if
1ne secures an even stand. IF I were
hay, I would be willing to
1ay $500 to $500 a ton more for
No. l sweet clover than for No. l
alfalfa for general purpose hay. |
'aise alfalfa also and have fed equal
,arts of both at one feeding to
lorses and cattle and the alfalfa is
he last to disappear from the man
.er."
Some Prejudice Against the Crop
w. W. Mcdonald, Rosebud Coun- ;
..-"There is some prejudice !
gainst sweet clover, but the dry l
and farmer when convinced Of the $
alue of this so-called weed will I
rake a success of dry land farming I
trough the agency of sweet clover. '
! is the best known crop to improve Z
soil and has about the same feed Q
lg value for cattle and horses as 2
Italia hay. The crop should be cut
n hay when the first blossom buds
opear." :
Cutting Out Wheat ;
Joseph Bauer, Craig, Lewis and h
lark County.-"Have seeded from h
to 40 acres every year since 1918. C
prepare the seed bed the same as 2
alfalfa and use 7 pounds of seed
n acre without a nurse crop. / cl
ink the hay is as good as alfalfa h
" and as a pasture crop, it is the
st of all. I am cutting out wheat
sell altogether and raise all feed c;
r COWS, hogs and hundreds of cl
ickens. Remember this is all done h;
dry years and grasshopper years. ia
made a little money right ac
ong. Sweet clover forever for me tn
d the yellow kind at that. Have Fl
bought more seed to plant this ca
spring in my pasture among m
rocks" he
stake to Seed With a Nurse Crop or
]. w. Gitchel, Pendroy, Teton gi
unty.-"Almost my entire expe- he
nee has been TO SEED with a nurse =
1p and 1 find that on dry land that "
a big mistake for. wherever [ have "
d a pasture without a nurse crop ~
has done splendidly, but it wants ~
/, whole show the first season. At 10,
it gets a start it is very, very har- III
and drought resistant" TO
Increasing His Acreage of Sweet r.