Adaptation In Clovers
Adaptation in the varieties of clover considered will be more fully given when discussing these ...
Learn about harvesting and growing clovers.
Adaptation in the varieties of clover considered will be more fully given when discussing these ...
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) previous to its introduction into California, from Chili, about the ...
Alfalfa is not considered equal to medium red clover as a direct means of fertilizing and otherw...
Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum) takes its name from a parish in the south of Sweden. From t...
The amounts of clover seed to sow are influenced by the object sought in sowing; by combinations...
The growing of burr clover exercises a beneficial influence on the land. Its value for this purp...
White clover is proverbial for its ability to furnish honey. There is probably no single plant w...
For being fed as soiling food, alfalfa has the very highest adaptation, owing, 1. To the long pe...
The fact has long been known, even as long ago as the days of Pliny, and probably much before th...
Buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) is a native species procumbent in its habit of growth. T...
Burr Clover (Medicago maculata) is sometimes called Spotted Medick and sometimes California cl...
It would probably be correct to say that no plant has yet been introduced into American agricult...
Where clover is much grown, at least in some of its varieties, it becomes an aid in reducing the...
On certain of the soils of Great Britain and probably on those of other countries in Europe, whe...
All things considered, no class of plants grown upon the farm are so beneficent in the influence...
Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum) is also known by the names French, German, German Mammot...
Under some conditions, it is, in a sense, necessary to sow alfalfa in rows, and to give it culti...
According to Johnson's Encyclopaedia, clover or trefoil is a plant of the genus Trifolium and th...
The depth to bury the seed varies with the conditions of soil, climate and season. Clover seeds,...
Clovers differ from one another in duration, habit of growth, persistence in growth, their power...
Medium red clover is thought to be native to Europe. It was probably introduced into England som...
It is thought that alfalfa is more widely distributed over the earth's surface, furnishes more f...
Alsike clover is found in Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia. In these it has been cultiva...
Mammoth clover has long been grown in several of the countries of Europe and Western Asia. It is...
Crimson clover is probably indigenous to certain parts of Europe, especially to the countries th...
White clover is certainly indigenous to Europe and to the Northern States, and probably Western ...
Japan clover is said to be native to China and other countries in Eastern Asia. When introduced ...
Burr clover is said to be native to Europe and North Africa, but not to North America, although ...
Sweet clover is probably indigenous to the semi-arid regions of Asia. The name Bokhara would see...
Egyptian clover (Trifolium Alexandrianum) is more commonly known in the Nile valley as Berseem. ...
1. When crimson clover is sown so early in the season that it has at least three to four months ...
The clovers furnish a ration more nearly in balance than almost any other kind of food. If the a...
On certain soils low in fertility and much deficient in humus, it may be necessary to apply fert...
Florida clover (Desmodium tortuosum) is sometimes grown both for hay and pasture, more especiall...
No other plant of the clover family is so frequently sown when making lawns. For such a use it i...
All the varieties of clover, except alfalfa, are best cut for hay when in full bloom. Here and t...
Medium red clover is at its best for cutting for hay when in full bloom, and when a few of the h...
The best time to harvest alfalfa for hay is just after the blossoms begin to appear. Ordinarily,...
Alsike clover is ready to harvest for hay when the plants are just beginning to pass beyond the ...
Ordinarily, the methods of making the hay crop are the same as those followed in curing medium r...
Crimson clover is ready to be cut for hay when coming into, and a little before it is in, fulles...
Japan clover is a good hay plant when grown on strong soils. The quality is good also when grown...
Sweet clover is not a really good hay plant under any conditions, and if not cut until it become...
In this book all the varieties of clover will be discussed that have hitherto been found of an...
Japan Clover (Lespedeza striata) was introduced from China or Japan, or from both countries, i...
The United States Department of Agriculture has quite recently introduced a variety of clover kn...
Mammoth Clover (Trifolium magnum) was long ago named Trifolium medium by Linnaeus. However app...
Medium Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) is also known by the names Common Red Clover, Broad-Lea...
Clover seed may be sown by hand, by hand machines, and by the grain drill, with or without a gra...
In addition to the varieties of clover that have been discussed at some length in previous cha...
When clover seed is sown in nurse crops that are matured before being harvested, the pasturing o...
Medium red clover will furnish grazing very suitable for any kind of live stock kept upon the fa...
The practice of pasturing alfalfa the first season, especially where it cannot be irrigated, is ...
Alsike clover has by some authorities been assigned to a high place as a pasture plant. For such...
Mammoth clover furnishes much pasture when it is grazed, on into July and sometimes even into Au...
Crimson clover may be pastured in the autumn or in the spring or at both seasons, either when so...
White clover ranks next to blue grass as a pasture plant within the area of its adaptation (see ...
Japan clover is much used in providing grazing in the South. Some writers have spoken of it as b...
Opinions differ as to the palatability of this grass. All are agreed that stock do not take kind...
Because of the bitter aromatic principle which it contains, known as commarin, stock dislike it,...
All the varieties of clover discussed in this volume may be grown in certain rotations. Their ad...
Medium red clover may be made to precede or to follow almost any crop that is grown upon the far...
In a certain sense it can scarcely be said of alfalfa that it is a rotation plant, because of th...
Much of what has been said about the place for medium red clover in the rotation may also apply ...
The place for mammoth clover in the rotation is much the same as for the medium red variety. (Se...
It cannot be said of crimson clover, in the ordinary usage of the word, that it is a rotation pl...
Since white clover is usually not sown for meadow, but is rather sown for pasture, it can scarce...
Japan clover can scarcely be classed as a rotation plant in the strict sense of the term, since ...
Burr clover is grown more in the sense of a catch crop and for pasture than in that of a crop to...
Since sweet clover seed is more commonly scattered in byplaces, or is self-sown from plants that...
Chapter I., that is, the present chapter, as already indicated, is introductory, and outlines th...
Some close observers have noticed that there is much lack of uniformity in the plants found grow...
Speaking in a general way, it would be correct to say that it would not be easy to get soil in t...
In preparing the soil for alfalfa the aim should be to make a seed-bed clean, rich, fine, moist,...
The preparation of the land for alsike clover on ordinary soils is the same as for medium red cl...
The preparation of the soil called for by the mammoth clover is virtually the same as that requi...
In preparing the seed-bed for crimson clover, the aim should be to secure fineness of pulverizat...
The preparation of the soil for growing this plant is much the same as for growing other plants ...
While careful preparation of the land will result in more certain and uniform germination in the...
Since burr clover has much power to re-seed the land without preparation, it is more commonly re...
Since sweet clover will grow on the firmest and most forbidding soils, even when self-sown, it w...
Because of the comparatively short life of several of the most useful of the varieties of clover...
When clover is grown for hay, it is not usual to try to renew the crop, because of the short-liv...
Alfalfa may be renewed and also renovated where the stand secured at the first has been insuffic...
Much that has been said with reference to the renewing of medium red clover will apply equally t...
Since crimson clover is an annual, but little can be done in the sense of renewing it on the sam...
White clover is probably more easily renewed than any plant of the clover family. In fact, it se...
Since Japan clover is an annual, it is not necessary to renew it, in the sense in which more lon...
Since this plant is an annual, it cannot be renewed in the sense in which renewal is possible wi...
In the sense of a pasture or hay crop, it would not seem necessary to try to renew this crop, be...
Sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa) is a perennial, leguminous, clover-like forage plant of the bean fa...
Sand Lucerne (Medicago media), sometimes designated Medicago falcata, is probably simply a varie...
Seaside clover (Trifolium invulneratum) has rendered some service to agriculture in what is know...
Clovers are more commonly sown in the springtime in the Northern States and Canada than at any o...
As a rule, seed is not produced from the first cutting for the season of medium red clover. It i...
Localities differ much in their capacity to produce alfalfa seed. The best crops of seed are now...
Alsike is a great producer of seed. This arises in part from the relatively large number of the ...
It has been already intimated more seed will be obtained when the clover has been pastured or cu...
Crimson clover does not ripen quite so quickly after flowering as common red clover, owing, in p...
White clover is a great seed-producing plant. The season for bloom covers a period relatively lo...
Japan clover is ready for being harvested when the major portion of the seeds are ripe. This is ...
In the Gulf States the seed matures in April and May. The plants grow seed profusely. Sown in Oc...
Nearly all of the seed sown in this country is imported. The author has not been able to obtain ...
Fortunately, this most useful plant will grow in a considerable variety of soils, though, of cou...
It was formerly thought by many that alfalfa would only grow vigorously on soils and subsoils sa...
The most suitable soil for alsike clover is a moist clay loam, not too friable nor too dense, an...
Mammoth clover may usually be successfully grown in soils well adapted to the growth of the medi...
Crimson clover though usually grown for the enrichment of soils will not, as a rule, make satisf...
Small white clover will grow on almost any kind of soil, but by no means equally well. Highest, ...
Japan clover is adapted to a wide range of soils. There would seem to be a concensus of opinion ...
While burr clover will grow with more or less success on almost any kind of soil possessed of a ...
But little can be gleaned from American sources on this subject. Notwithstanding, it may be said...
In growing clovers, as in growing other crops of the same species, which embrace several varie...
Chief among the sources of injury to alfalfa, after the plants have become established, are fros...
The time for sowing clover seed is influenced considerably by the climatic conditions. Under som...
The best season for sowing alfalfa will depend upon such conditions as relate to soil, moisture ...
The time at which alsike clover may best be sown is the same as that for sowing the medium red v...
Much of what has been said about the sowing of medium red clover will apply also to the sowing o...
The date for sowing crimson clover would seem to depend more upon latitude than upon any other i...
White clover is sown by much the same methods as the medium red variety. (See page 75.) But it w...
Japan clover is more commonly sown in the spring, but it is sometimes sown in the autumn. There ...
Usually, burr clover is allowed to re-seed itself after it has once become established in the so...
Whether clover seed should be sown alone or in combination with the seeds of other grasses will ...
Nearly all varieties of clover are usually sown with a nurse crop; that is, a crop which provide...
Clovers are ready to store when enough moisture has left the stems to prevent excessive fermenta...
Storing clover under cover is far preferable to putting it up in stacks, except in rainless clim...
When cured in cocks, these are preferably made small to facilitate quick curing, but usually fro...
Sweet clover is so named from the sweet odor which emanates from the living plants. It is of t...
The high value of this plant as a fertilizer and soil improver cannot be questioned. But whether...
All authorities are agreed as to the high value of this plant as a honey producer. The claim has...
This plant has been grown to some extent to aid in removing alkali from soils superabundantly im...
At least twenty varieties, native or naturalized, are found in Great Britain; more than twelve v...
White Clover (Trifolium repens) is also called Dutch, White Dutch, White Trefoil, Creeping Tri...
Yellow clover (Medicago lupulina) is to be carefully distinguished from Hop clover (Medicago pro...