Rich County Reaper | 1929-04-05 | Page 5 | Cause of Failure with Stand of Clover Crop

cause of failure with stand of Cl clover crop not the least important factor in obtaining satisfactory factory stands of clover cloter Is 13 the sowing of good seed A farmer might use ground limestone to correct acidity of his soil and apply manure rind and phosphate to insure a growth of clover yet get a poor stand of clover due to poor seed out of samples of red clover seed tested the past year at one experimental peri mental station 70 samples showed au ail average of 27 per cent seed so hard bar that they will not grow this means that if seed of this sort were sown at the usual rate only three fourths of a stand would result if all of it escaped the usual clover hazards