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Show TOP-DRESS FOR THE MEADOW Application of Manure-After First Cut ting Will Increase Second 25 to 50 Per Cent. Manure applied to the meadow after the first cutting will increase the second sec-ond cutting from 25 to 50 per cent, especially es-pecially with clover or alfalfa, if the land needs manure. Every load of manure ma-nure that can be scraped up around the barns and In the yards should be hauled on the meadow when the hay is cut. It will increase the second crop and It will Increase the next year's corn crop if the meadow is plowed up for corn. Manure applied as a topdresslng on clover aids the clover in drawing nitrogen ni-trogen from the air and has a double value in this way. Manure on clover brings greater value when the lnnd needs manure than it will with any other crop. |