Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1920 — SEEDING CLOVER IN SPRING [ARTICLE]

SEEDING CLOVER IN SPRING

On Account of High Price of Seed, It Is Recommended That Care Be Taken With Seed Bed. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Broadcast clover seed on winter grain may be done at any time in early spring and where the soil is dry enough it may be seeded with a drill. With clover seed as high in price aa it is this year, It will pay to be especially careful about the preparation of the seed bed. When the ground is still wet nothing can be done in the way of harrowing and preparing the seed bed, but wherever the ground gets dry enough to run a spike-tooth harrow across the rows of grain, the seed should be harrowed in. This will not hurt the grain, especially if the teeth of the harrow are slanted backward. Wherever possible it will be advisable to seed with a drill as from two to four pounds less seed per acre will be required. With seed costing not far from 50 cents a pound, a saving of this sort will be an important item ; further than that, a better Stand is usually assured when the seed is drilled, especially when care is taken to see that the seed is put down about one-half inch deep.