Show 1 S t elover- elover Is rr r F t I t et I t dI 1 a J to Inoculation l tion and Seed Firm Firm Se qC d t 1 Lt Are r S Securing curi g S Stand an v Prepared b by the UnIted United State Dc Department of or A Agriculture Sweet clover will wOi g o. o Illmo almost t anywhere anywhere any any- where providing there are are mote more than 17 Inches Incites of rain and aud s In the soil However er hl of the fact that sweet clover Is a a. a hardy plant It Is not v al always ts easy to o g get a I r stand In a n now mw t Issued by bythe bythe bythe the United States Stales Department ot at Agriculture Ag Ag- in re as us Leaflet L r Sweet Cloyer Cloy Cloy- cr er s me bf- bf t the es en t of ut sweet p. p t clover elmor culture nn and anji utilization ore are dig discussed discussed dis- dis cussed t ss l by by hy Dr DrA A- A J. J ng ag rig 1st of f. f the thC bureau huen o of InNs Industry ry A copy of the thi leaflet mi may b be secured up 1 q st 1 4 J I 1 Thre Three Thre Essentials I reri things things- h are reC especially ly hini r r. r tant taft In s securing a a sti nd df f s e sweet ei t clover according accor W Ia Docto- Docto Th They y are are- 1 lime Urne Inoculation nod 8 sted bed It n not t al always be bt nea- nea c- c essary ss ry jo o lizel a nn acid so soil II hut bur sweet t clover r s have lime lIm If ir ft- ft t. t Is Is' Is to to todo do well eI i h ha a of tb the seed or soil roii is is' is advisable there the cropIs Is to he on grown lan land t. t tJ fot lt has yn yn neither n r vet e p alfalfa nn npr w clover clover- before A s pd he bed lo 10 n r c 1 esar essary esay Man Marl Many fa failures II ures hl hive have e lie been beeri ri shown sl to tb be im due to ri k r Ii Jj or br- compacting the soil solE nt after r f F S teet bel be as hay pasture pastur and for soiL t Improvement purposes s s. s A As Asia J a hay bay o ve r r 1 It Is Is not apt equal t to td alf alfalfa lf or red r As a n pasture a a good st n of Swe sweet t clover r In in Its In-Its Its second d' d sens n will willy fur furnish nish more more grazing grazing- n any y othir- othir plant It is also i on excellent ent rop for soil soli Improvement and ment and fortunately fortunately for for- it It will lI serve sere both hoth n asa 3 p pasture pas pa- ture and a Ii soil imro cr p at t the he same time In hi so some e sections sections' i It It has hris been found that the Increased yields yields' of sugar beets due to sweet clover were p atly the the- same Sam wh when 11 lh t crop was turned turned- under tinder a after ter hell being pastured as when the entire crop was yas turned under Value as as' as Soil nu Builder ld r The value of ot sw ef clover ra u as a oil soli Improver lies In its Its ability to to t take kc nitrogen from om th the air through ugh tl tle nodules nodule on the ro roots ts t to store in Its t thick roots an and In n the the- h stems and leaves and to deliver it IJ by rapid decay de- de ecay e- e cay when wien It is turned under ri der er l If It not most niost of ot the tIte nitrogen In the tot top growth grO of the first se season s n moves Into hito the roots in In inthe the fall and Is stored ther there The new growth In tine the spring Is ma made e from this tIis stored nitrogen and andIn andIn andin in 1 April and early l 1 May as as the fhe nitrogen nitro nitro- ge gen 1 In the tops increases that In hi tire roots decreases This feature and tine the the fact that that that-It It starts i v very vy rv early make male sweet clover an nn ideal green manure corn It is not necessary to o w wait it for a a large spring growth before before be fore tUlni turning g under j usually there there- will be no more l ia May 15 than titan there was was April 15 and nd the fiet field can cabbe can cab be plowed Just as soon sunn as plowing can he be done oo after a It few incites inches of growth ha made to t the e tops will viii die and not come m up rip fl in In Inthe the corn A copy of f the the- leaflet may be obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed by writing tr tt the United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture- Washing ton D. D C. C |