Clovers

Preparing The Soil
The preparation of the soil called for by the mammoth clover...

Japan Clover
Japan Clover (Lespedeza striata) was introduced from China ...

Varieties
At least twenty varieties, native or naturalized, are found ...

Pasturing
White clover ranks next to blue grass as a pasture plant wit...

Soils
Small white clover will grow on almost any kind of soil, but ...

Harvesting For Hay
The best time to harvest alfalfa for hay is just after the b...

Preparing The Soil
In preparing the seed-bed for crimson clover, the aim should...

Plan Of Discussion
Chapter I., that is, the present chapter, as already indicat...

Depth To Bury The Seed
The depth to bury the seed varies with the conditions of soi...

Place In The Rotation
Much of what has been said about the place for medium red cl...

Harvesting
All the varieties of clover, except alfalfa, are best cut fo...

Pasturing
The practice of pasturing alfalfa the first season, especial...

Sowing With Or Without A Nurse Crop
Nearly all varieties of clover are usually sown with a nurse...

Place In The Rotation
Medium red clover may be made to precede or to follow almost...

Securing Seed
As a rule, seed is not produced from the first cutting for t...

Storing
Storing clover under cover is far preferable to putting it u...

Securing Seed
It has been already intimated more seed will be obtained whe...

Alfalfa As A Fertilizer
Alfalfa is not considered equal to medium red clover as a di...

Bacteria And Clovers
The fact has long been known, even as long ago as the days o...

Sowing
White clover is sown by much the same methods as the medium ...

Securing Seed

Category: ALFALFA

In the Gulf States the seed matures in April and May.
The plants grow seed profusely. Sown in October, stock may usually be
allowed free access to it until March, and if then removed, it will
spring up quickly and mature seed so profusely that when the plants die
and partially decay seed may sometimes be collected in hollows, into
which it has been driven by the wind. It is more commonly sown in the
burr form, the form in which it is usually gathered. The more common
method of saving the seed, as given by Mr. A. H. Beattie of Starkville,
Mississippi, is to first rake off the dead vines so as to leave the
burrs on the ground and then sweep them together with a suitable wire or
street broom. It is then lifted and run through two sets of sifters of
suitable mesh by hand to remove the trash swept up in gathering the
seed. It is probable that other methods more economical of labor are yet
to be devised when harvesting the seed crop. As much as 100 bushels of
burrs have been obtained from an acre, but that is considerably more
than the average yield of seed.





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