Posted by Dick2 on July 23, 2015 at 10:37:09 from (174.22.250.3):
In Reply to: Sweet clover posted by fixerupper on July 23, 2015 at 09:28:51:
We used to raise a lot of it back when somerfallow was a common practice. We usually waited until it was 6-7ft' tall and then plowed it under for a green manure crop.
Dad would often want some for seed. In that case, we raised the JD swather as high as it would go and clipped the top portion when it was about 3 ft. tall. The re-growth only got about 3-4 ft. tall, which made it easier to combine for the seed later on.
We planted the sweet clover seed with the grass seeder attachment on the grain drill, with oats as the main crop. The grass seeder just broadcast the seed on top of the ground. After the oats were planted, we went over the ground with a drag harrow. When we harvest the oats, the sweet clover would look kind of thin and be 8-12 inches high - but the next spring it grew like crazy.
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Old Time Threshing - by Anthony West. A lovely harvest evening late September 1947, I was a school boy, like all school boys I loved harvest time. The golden corn ripens well and early, the stoking, stacking,.... the drawing in with the tractors and trailers and a few buck rakes thrown in, and possibly a heavy horse. It would be a great day for the collies and the terrier dogs, rats and mice would be at the bottom of the stacks so the dogs, would have a busy time hunting and killing, all the corn was gathered and ricked in what we c
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
