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- ESSENTIAL THAT CROPS FIT SOIL I fed Clover and Timothy Should Not Be Depended On Entirely for Maximum Crops. llEDTOP FAVORS MOIST GROUND : fJo Perennial Hay Plants Will Produce f *??-! D_ Crtil M OC+ Tf Cll UII rwwr, v^mu/ WI.-? ?? Grass Seeds Are Smalt and Require Good Seedbed. (Prepared by the United States Department ot Agriculture.) While timothy and red clover undoubtedly are the best hay crops on ' Ipod soils in the northeastern quarter pf the United States, they should by fco means be depended on to produce inaximum yields of soils. Other hay ! Crops are better suited and are more dependable in some cases and under particular soil conditions. Alsike closer, for example, is better adapted to Sour and moist soils than common red , Clover, and the two mixed together and seeded on some uplands often insures a crop where the latter seeded alone Vould fail. Redtop is the best wetland grass and on such land a mixture 01 red-top meadow fescue, and alsike plover usually gives good returns. ! While no hay grasses can be depended upon to make a commercial crop on poor land, redtop, orchard grass, and tall oats-grass are better than any Others. These are facts discussed in detail in Farmers' Bulletin No. 1170, i ileadows for the Northern States, Must issued and ready for distribution by the United States Department of 1 Agriculture. Has Bulk of Tame Hay Acreage. In that section of the United States, north of and including Tennessee, and east of central Nebrasku, Kansas and l the Dakotas, is found S3 peT cent of & the tame hay acreage of the nation. Eighty-eight i?er cent of this acreage is seeded to timothy and clover. While these two plants undoubtedly will conSgf tlnue to hold the popularity they now HI 'possess, there are a number of other W plants which, though not so well ' Jfnown, are more desirable for particular purposes and for certain conditions fcf soil and climate. The latter are fiven special attention in the bulletin. Field of Bur Clover. There Is lttle difference of opinion j as to the plants to he seeded on rich well-drained land. Timothy Is seeded alone if the hay Is to be sold on the market, and timothy and clover, often mixed with redtop, where part or all of the hay is utilized on the farm. Some of the advantages of thesa plants are that they have good seed habits, especially timothy and redtop. Red tlover is a deep-rooted legume, and I has a beneficial effect on succeeding crops. Timothy is considered' by feeders j the best hay for horses, and clover, or clover and timothy mixed produce better yields and are excellent for cattle and sheep. The comparatively long period during which these plants may be left standing without serious de" terioration before cutting, together with the fact that the time of their maturity interferes little with the harI vesting of the cereals and other farm \ work, have much to do with their pop- I tdariry. ITh<? most serious objection to the ired clover and timothy mixture is due !to the difference in time of their maturity, the former usually being ready ( ,to cut two weeks before the latter. ! (For this reason mammoth clover, a va- j riety of the common red, which is (somewhat later in maturing, is sometimes substituted for red clover in the seed mixture. There are many soils along the (southern border of the area under discussion which will give a larger hay I lyleld if seeded to ofchard grass, tall | joats-grass. and alsike clover than if I Ijeeeuea to Uimmiv, reuiup uuu reu viuver. These soils are usually poor In organic matter and are Inclined to be sour. It Is important that this mixture bo cut when the plants first head out. for if harvesting is delayed they will make a tough, less palatable hay. This is especially true of or'chard grass. If cut early, however, [this hay will be relished by all classes of live stock. For general use in the localities referred to. the bulletin / 'recommends the following mixture: \ [Orchard grass. 14 pounds; tall oats^ grass, 12 pounds alslke clover, 6 pOunds rv.-r acre. Gives Best Results. Raisins 08 v on p :or !a?)d is not sac4 lsfactory, but when it Is necessary this mixture gives best results. In some places in the Middle West 6weet clover has given good results under unpromising soil conditions. According to the bulletin, no perennial hay plants will produce well on poor, sandy soil. Under such soil conditions, however, some temporary crop, 6uch as rye or oats and peas, and, along the Atlantic coast, early sorghum and cowpeas, are preferable t? perennial hay crops. The best temporary hay plants are the 6mall grains seeded either alone or In mixture with some legume, such as peas, vetch or crimson clover. Millets are sometimes used for this purpose, as are sudan grass and coarse forage, such as corn and sorghum. In the northern states a combination of <fets and Canada field peas makes a very good hay crop. Excellent results have been obtained In eastern Mary- , land and Virginia with the following mixture: Oats, 1 bushel; hairy vetch, 30pounds; white-blooming crimson clover, 10 pounds per acre. In order to avoid losing the use of land for an entire season, and to per- | mit late-summer and early-fall seeding, grass crops usually follow small grains. The seedbed should be prepared as soon as possible after the grain is harvested. As a three-inch mellow seedbed with firm soil beneath will give better results for summer seeding than one that is deeper, the disk harrow is usually used in place of the plow for preparing land for grass. Most grass seeds are very , small and must have a fine, mellow, i \ i . - ' 1 ... L; .. .,;. ^ j jiUi. i I i ? 11 11 * ! i JLJi c osxmam vMHCMm well pulverized surface soil In order that the seedling may become established. A good seedbed may mean the difference between the success and failure of the hny cop. Use Too Little Seed. Most farmers use too little grass seed for best results, according to the bulletin. Rich land with a well-prepared seedbed does not require as much seed as thin land or land poorly fitted. From 20 to SO pounds of seed per acre are generally sufficient, and this rate is usually mjte profitable than lighter seedlngs of mixtures. ? 1 1 J ~ r. t/sn oiiiuii-sr^uru sutii as tcu-w^ and timothy, do not require so heavy a seeding as orchard grass or rye grass. Usually 10 pounds of timothy or 6 pounds of redtop are sufficient when these are seeded alone. In order that the seed may get a good start, It Is frequently advisable to apply some readily available fertilizer. Formerly the grain crop received the fertilizer, but experiments have demonstrated that when it is applied to the grass It will not only increase the yield of this crop but frequently show beneficial effects on succeeding crops for two or three years. Top dressings of suitable manure will increase the yield of hay, and there is probably no better crop than grass on which to apply it. A great deal of grass and clover seed is wasted every year from seeding on sour or acid soils. Applications of lime correct this condition, and should be made particularly where legumes are to be grown. tJj I Representatp and refining indu that much of the U torists as to the prop mobiles must fall uj of motor fuel and li The Standard Oil C had long before glad this responsibility. i mobile builders had ] the sale had been those who bought er ure cars. Branch ser their only point of their equipment. Refiners of gasoline - -m m-n " have almost daily <i< and chauffeurs. G been so far develope become almost moi ? mechanical perfectic Accurate understand STAIN JUST LEAVE IT TO TERRY Harvard Authorities and Students Rely on Memory of Colored Human Encyclopedia. No one knows how he does It. He doesn't know himself. Yet Terry never forgets a face or a name. He never took a memory course. He never did any special mental gymnastics to develop his memory. He has no theories on the association of Ideas. He has no little tricks, such as remembering a man's name is Carpenter because he is built like a lath. He simply remembers, that's all. Terry is a roly-poly little colored man who for 19 years has been the human encyclopedia of the recorder's office at Harvard college. Every Harj vard man since 1900 knows Terry. The ; I remarkable thing is that Terry knows j I every one of them. More than 10,000 1 men have come and gone in Terry's J time. Terry remembers them all. IJic? nrtr?OAr?(lin?iMY foPllltv for PO. ino CAiiauiuiuui j 1.UV.U1 S.J *v* *v membering names and places caused bis being installed in the position of living encyclopedia, not only on all Harvard men, but on Harvard history generally. When members of the faculty wnnt to know the date of the fire In Weld hall, or when the course Government 7B was started, or the names ; of the most recently elected overseers, j or the score of the Harvard-Williams baseball game ten years ago, or any ! miscellaneous bit of Harvardiana they don't take the time to look It up. They ^ ask Terry. And Terry always knows. It! i iS! ihe Refil on a uci /"ES of the automotive C? istri es recently decided oi isk of instructing mo- ci er functioning of auto- st >on the manufacturers Ic jbrieating oils. w i ompany (New Jersey) . Ily assumed its share of 0 t realized that the auto- ?t little opportunity, after made, to advise with pi igines, trucks or pleas- Ct vice stations furnished ai contact with users of u< e\ k, on the other hand, f? palings with motorists asoline engines have jg d that fuel (futility has W( e of a problem than q hi in the motor. ri] ling of the many deli- th DARD 01 (New Jei Mud Specialist Several officers from the front speak fi of a famous bootblack In Paris who Is known as the "mud specialist." The Individual can tell every soldier client what section of the trenches he halls from merely by examining the mud on his feet. It is said that he rarely makes a mistake, and can spot a man's battle station anywhere between Tpres and Verdun with marvellous ac- j . uracy, ppporently each section of the I ong line having its characteristic | trand of mud. Passing of a Pre-War Pet Nowadays, if you decided to make a present to your youngest nephew, you 1 couldn't find a Japanese waltzing mouse in the country. It is true that their dervish dance is out of date in this age of shimmy shakers. But that doesn't account for their extinction, i The war, which took so many lives, reached even to the mouse world. U Breeders no longer raise these eccentric little creatures, according to Ed Honey, the bird and fish man. Perhaps they still live in Japan, where they are kept through immigration laws. But as far as this country goes, these busy pets of children are now but a memory.?MinneapoPs Journal. Gum From Sorghum Husks. French scientists have found that sorghum husks yield a guin which can 01 be used for dyeing wool, silk, leather I1 and vegetable fibers. 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