Show M making aking money on the farni farm IX clover dove and alfalfa growing by fi G V GREGORY author of home course in modern agriculture 1909 by american press pres is no crop gronn on the T firm ilitch alch Is 13 mole or more profitable nil all thin 9 than some legume suh sur h a crop Is profi profitable tible from the standpoint of the returns from ill 11 acre ind doubly lian ichu the of the hr soil Is 14 considered on oil the firm much stock ta I 1 Is kept loi imes serve another impose that of cheap protean clover versus alfalfa the orn corn licit claier 1 I 1 the most importing import nt int bunto in west ern lulled rites ii largel grolln roll in tile the south owsei ow pei so boins bo ins ind vetch are the principle legumes HIP ohp best adapted to lo your oiin min locilia is the best one to 1 arow auw it t loiba until ireful expert epen monts hire ire that some other 1 Is more in ili ill lie most ct c t tile the soil oil is iq I 1 1 ose oe arid dri sends end doun ita long ions roots to a source of per vincnt mater v itar supply and yields aban daut dant crops barther cast the tible Is so ao doir the suffice of the ground that the plants hive wet abet during a considerable portion of lie ho year it does docs not do as well IQ in tit b cist of tile the ii in or cr clover lb Is much route mole desirable ilesi rable A patch ol of all alt ilu way may le be arons B rotan n but it 11 dues duel not tit ili into ill the isaim of farming cl croush to lu to ie adopted un on it a luge ac lie ile it llinus b be with sith till til small giali in ili the siinto rin ith an aua dulety of otting a stand I 1 lt seed cod is 1 0 IL 0 ind alid the ili hi 6 i moie cu cult I 1 t to lo tile me ill thin ill CION alomi k I 1 alfalfa does not curne comy to its lui ful bout ehlt biais tais su so kimt it i is not table to to pio plon it icer as is ii lone done alth bluitt I 1 ul ui tins this leson it does not morl all in ID tin the stand ild of oin oits ind cloer tint thit meli me inet li lb nith so leluch fir faai ol in ill the orn bat bi it it daili not tit it ill ili ill the imbt of the i work orl ns as veil a is lour either cither as the lie alist giop must he ie till ill jut just hea the oin is iq bellig beius icid by NN lieu hell a good st nd ind of alfilda lus has been secured it fiilds dilu is ai a i enuch df al cloce but this extra etra avid it IA balanced in most bi 13 its ila dis les getting a stand of clover the question ot of getting liiK a of clover closer is i a outon inina farms ibis Is 1 due to methods ahe hiat point to coulder consider Ls la the soil land that ii 11 is ILM faint fanned ed a number of inars irs is liliie to be acid a condition which jakc it lit ill fitted gilted to grow clover this iudita na bo be overcome bv adding ground round as ili ia article no 2 A seed bed to hi good and ami free from weed beadi la Is abo an import int consI consideration kittre clover plants lre very tender arid and cannot air comp compete compert eft with needs bcd or force wiy ii clods land that has been kept rea so ably frel rc fromi from feds the pr prealo erlo season Is liest best tor for clover auch acu land prepared prep ired as for cor 0 oats ats as ai described in article 0 0 4 an air ideis sted hed bed for clover clover seed eed shourd lie be ic for germination mi beford bea on son sowing ing it if it does doe not cot germinate very well it A larger amount 14 1 1 1 1 I 1 t no OZ of BEO roV rorric rrt to tho the acre NN til ill have hare to he bo so soft it tile the rood shoo d be denied icil carefully cate fully mith a closer cloer seed sed gridin to all weed seeds seed if pur it should be iera cr inn CaM tully fUlly to u le LC tha that t it on taInA no necil it if 1001 of the cad 1 Is lidle it shurld shi uld bo discarded dib carded ui ird HU of test 1115 u golm lato lh of belore the izular suwan 6 i mid inide loab not the atten attention tiou maill li its it aice dou linds it i 1 oads uc lie to show thit lint it is tin the put lint of e tu to mile bertila tint th bleil ob 11 filet ill ill hlll q oil b 1 I oilen Is plowed to lia be of fill it iab 11 ll 11 1 LYL is 11 by lir buc ins in of f 1 alln foi fin bcd ird i moie I 1 llly 1110 bould lie undo bicic boxer oer la Is anin nith alli timothy about eight 1 lit of the omer doer to lo fur of timothy poi pei cl li the proper amount in a short chort roti flon hoNc vr it Is atter to leabo bac out the timothy in ind iio ten in or pounds of do clo I 1 or cr not ot ill of nf this seed eed N hlll ill the first 3 oar ear the outer cit cn it of a cimer feel rcck 1 Is bird and i 1 considerable consider ible of it does not soften often enough to sprout tile lie first acison it rill corn coin up the next iring ind thicken tho bt atud it d seeding with small gram crain on light foils if the pring 13 is dri the clover may he be lulled with 1 the it oats directly ind covered at the taa bame ame depth where there ii 13 touch much clay in ili the soil or M v ili ti it the ille soil oil is 19 i ither vet et at time of the chan are ill thit it much ot of thi clo closer er set seid d N will if fill to oine ui oil it ill it put in ill bo dap dalp V k better nay igny Is N to so go clitia ILL ile ground alth ft 2 vi az ah rox rn ifor HIP t B M tf i lan I 1 OT haie i a e been aaflei disked in ill oil aur r ill the omer seed slab the most d drello rl 1 title lne a grais gra is seid sed tile cloies broad list ast ili IL t neen the rowa of ni eill gi hir harrowing rowing which fol follows loiis nill co cobor er the cloi cloer er seed mulled grain if drilled foith and south Is 14 n touch better crop than tint thit sown gown broida gt the sun gets in botnen the rows to the little clover and they grow gronn much more thin luiei thc do in aruil lite life gr anin does not make a bils fictor BULU crop it stools out too much louch and tile the ground Is N so try dry find and hild when mien it Is tin nall ill hari ha nested ested tint thit taw lie spindling clover cannot mike much of at i gronn til ill geror bieron i inter A fill gioneth ithe best guinn lic h ill in ing birly oits oils or birle nuke jn all adeil nurse crop luiei do nut not stool out much and are ripe cirle in jul juh thus giving the clover steril months month in which to gronn groft before it IA stopped slopped ill bl tt either meither ahe lust hist fills groit li should not but lie cut or pastured if i crp is the folloni follo Nm iea ejr r it is needed to hold the snow to pr pro tile the tender lender roots in ili the bennt the clover fald should be examined eirl birli to see hov it has hai come through the NN s intel tue the stand may need thick 44 PIG FIG loadho BY HAND ening by a little seed cod over some of tile the thin spots or the allol liol field possibly be so bedl d iiii 1111 ngod a if th tt it it NN will ill be necess ir to pill aloi it up lip curing clover hay mier cloice bould be tut ut as soon a as it la is in full bloom and before of the heads luie blown it if lot iut air ilex it is toll ind and to curt cun it if lift it ais S om u ab thi the lot at close i eirls a little in the sith it should lit bogath er enato into light u indi oin S ibia NN ili a side hlll decher dc ller rile rike cured in this N i 11 th the 1 kincs B es loss less luibli t to 0 lie be shike off of anil 11 CUILLI cloar ickes ate ale almont is as ilu able tor for tied rod is as lir ann in so care are hou I 1 li I 1 talen to sare a as ni in toy mr of if th thim 1 21 us I ps Is s saule blula As ab boon ah 1 l ili ile 1111 ills li s aid in te me ulu ludio dios it be agn there J tip mth mith 11 loader if one 0 an be lad had and put in the birn gloar ilis FLIS the reputation of being it tro oal crop to harv banest est and it nd in ann 1 na farmers art are shy of it on that account it la is true krueth trtat lt clover gio glowing NNIng for dern deminds ands a n good dej deal of intelligence but r also albo tile the very factor aich which bring success in ill ill I 1 en terpsi cb 11 with ritti proper attention to tile the habit of taw plant and aind with the eer else of a of judgment in its culture ind there lit Is nothing to be feared for tile the outcome whet it FT r desired to obtain a crop of seed t the h e second crop should lie be used tue the first crop seldom flits fills nall off and Is briore viru alite for haj abin for seed most alost fu machines ti ri ive ire a cloyer cloter hulling atts atta ment it should be cire fally adjust I 1 so as to get all the seed A bushel to a bushel arld and a half itala of seed reca per acre Is 13 a good yield tta yield of tny Is from one to two tons to the acre for the hiba crop ind t r little more than hilt hilf a as much for the second crop IN hero here the fields arf are fonceil fience tl the second crop imy often be pastured to adv antig ge alseike alsike clover finds a on I 1 lind ind tt is if too wet for the red vinett it does not yield ns as baell but it makes better pl by loosening up the sod bod in the low corners of the pasture with the disk dish and soa sowing ing four pounds pound of anike liike i to the nor acre its value m iy ay be greatly increased in seeding geedin i field to red lover it is well to scatter 1 little JIM e al gilt in the low spots spot it NN aill ill be sul suie e to grow whether the other oilier does or not handling alfalfa what ins his been hild bild about li alfalfa 1 raiv doft dof doi t not mean tint it Is not t to 0 ill he grow groi i at ill except in the drier re eglons glons of r tile the west but tint thit it 1 is to be nto regions irefully and on i small scale the surest x tr ir to set got a or of alfilda 1 is to f illow fillow the land during the fie arl i I 1 ind earh susn sum in mci about tile fie middle c ff r allu jr a coed tied bed inn he be pion ired ird tile the on it if I 1 e i lie or of twenty menty to ie is s to tile lie a i re 1 if vie ile artl ill id Is A not lot too dri a MII all emilli be in ili tills flits v R ay iy y sine since the fillow inz int nil inie arnst m of t th meds tin the blet iott to this plin I 1 la tint thit no ro roi iz 1 0 tinnel from the it ir d thit lint A more nicil j ii 14 to in quirt ni mah fill i ci CK p of c nr 0 ini or bi barlev 0 A As ns as tins this I 1 is hirm himi sted lud h lir list rrt cd hid ill tile the alfilda iced eed onn oan if tile the ground li 11 so e v ill aid d inard tt it it tile the disk lt NN ill not I 1 aki hold held it il will haic to be ba iho inabin is to pit kt lie itra in ili is 11 ns po awe llie ahe dinies of n stand are much I fprd if t alili drissI dris slug nR ot ol Is given the aird before colip after fter ille a nl ciui RIS gln i start it ft ii i lr er li birdy find and a good Ni meder elder galm four to to aix ic toni of it ani i 1 i N air e it shou hou d be cut n lieu licit nhoun one feridi of the pi ill nils flits are in bloom the leond i t alk run mer the ild will palt up ul the crouns and the stand decour aging aln the weida and ami loosening the sou soil as v atell ell |