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An adjacent plot was sown in crimson clover at the same 

 time that the alfalfa Avas sown, and after the cutting of 

 the crimson clover, the same plot Avas sown in June in 

 broadcast sorghum. The yields obtained give an interest- 

 ins; illustration of the fact that under ordiuarv conditions 

 on sandy land unsuited to alfalfa, other crops often fur- 

 nish a far larger quantity of forage. The yield of crimson 

 clover on this adjacent plot was 0;100 pounds per acre, 

 and the amount of sorghum hay obtained at one cutting 

 during the same seas^ou was 13,000 pounds per acre. 

 These are exceptionally good yields of both crimson 

 clover and sorghum. This is an extreane case where all 

 conditions Avere highly faA'orable for crimson cloA'er and 

 sorghum, and exceedingly unfaA'orable for alfalfa. 



FEllTILIZEU EXPERIMENTS ON PRAIRIE LAND. 



A series of fertilizer experiments on 10 plots Avas be- 

 gun in 1002 in co-operation Avith Mr. J. O. Hays, Sumter 

 county, Ala., by Avhom the fei-^ilizers Avere applied in ac- 

 cordance Avith the Avriter's plan. The seed Avere not sown 

 until April 3, only a fcAV Aveeks before the beginning of 

 the memorable drought. In the absence of any consid- 

 erable amount of rain until August 28, the fertilizers 

 were Avithout effect. No hay was raked, but Mr. Hays 

 reports that this alfalfa, though soAvn late, "stood the 

 drought better than any other forage plant, and is the 

 only one that kept a good lively green color, Avhile Ber- 

 muda grass Avas parched perfectly yelloAv, and sorghum 

 was tAvisted and stopped groAving." 



It should be added that eight of the plots Avere inocu- 

 lated Avith soil from an old alfalfa field. 



In 1903 Mr. Hays again undertook a fertilizer ex- 

 periment for this station. On June 13 he writes : "Plots 

 9 and 10, the ones most highly fertilized, are the best." 



