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Title: Henderson's farmers manual : 1919
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Farms Catalogs Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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veralweeks if stock is turned on it when about 6 inches high. As a Green Manuring Crop, Cover Crop or Winter Soil Mulch Crim-son Clover is of the greatest value, particularly as its season of growthpermits it to be sown in summer or early autumn after a grain ortable crop has been removed and then be plowed under the next S)Thus it does not in any way interfere with other crops. Crimson Clover should not be fed either cured or green after Iflowers begin to mature tor the hairs of the calyx then beginand harden and are apt to form troublesome hair balls in thestomachs of animals. Sow at the rate of 15 pounds of seed per acre, either b oadc -drilled. Cover lightly with a harrow. If sown too early, es) e -tallyin Southern States. Crimson Clover is apt to mature and form seed- thesame season without making full growth. In the latitude of NewYork City sow from July 15 to September 15. and in the South aslate as October. Price, 35c. per lb.; $18.75 per bushel of 60 lbs.; $30.00 per 100 lbs.
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