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OVERSEED CLOVER IN PASTURES, hay and stockpiled fescue fields in late February and early March. Putting ladino and/or red clover to work is one of the most practical ways of improving the quality of our forages and reducing the cost of purchased nitrogen. When clovers make up 30-50 per cent of the pasture or hay mixture, livestock gain or milk better than when only grass is present. Well established clover also fixes nitrogen from the air which becomes available to stimulate grass growth.
There is no need to spend your time and money reseeding clover if the pH, phosphate or potash is too low for clover to grow and be productive. Also, you can expect poor results if the established grass stand is thick and is carrying over several inches of duff or top growth. Grasses should be grazed close so the clover seed can come in contact with the soil, germinate, and then develop without being shaded out.
There are a number of ways to successfully seed clover. The easiest, cheapest, and most risky method is to simply broadcast the seed with a cyclone seeder. Many of the old timers overseeded clover with a hand seeder when a soft snow was covering the ground. By their tracks they could see where they had been and it was easy to see the area the seed covered. When the snow melted, the seed was carried down into contact with the soil. Mr. Manwaring and Robin Dickey would say that in order for this method to be successful the grass should be grazed short, the clover seeded early, and it |ielps to have cattle feeding in the field to tramp the seed in. 1
Seeding with a grain drill can help improve your chances of getting a good stand of clover. If the grass sod. is very dense ?nd has some old top growth, then disking, broadcasting and cultipacking may be necessary.
When overseeding fields that are primarily for hay production, seed 5 or 6 pounds of red clover per acre. If the field is to be used for combination hay and pasture or just for pasture, use a mixture of 3 or 4 pounds red clover and one to two pounds of ladino clover.
LIME NOW—If your fields need liming, you had better get the lime on now. Once the weather breaks and farmers start hollwering for fertilizer you can just forget about getting lime spread until next June.
HAY FOR SALE? ARE YOU RUNNING SHORT OF HAY? Call Miss Ruby 675-3619. From now until the end of March, with your cooperation, we will try to bring buyers and sellers together. □
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