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toes, tomatoes, melons or other crops harvested before Septem- 

 ber. It is not adapted for seeding with wheat or rye." 



"The amount of seed may range within wide limits — 8 to 16 

 pounds per acre ; larger amounts are usually required when sown 

 with other crops, and smaller amounts when sown upon raw 

 ground or in orchards. Twelve pounds per acre will doubtless 

 be found to be sufficient." 



"No failures to stand the winter have been reported when good, 

 American-grown seed was used. It is more hardy than red clover. 

 Foreign seed has not proved satisfactory. It contains as impuri- 

 ties weed seed and less hardy varieties of this clover. The seed 

 is not as yet produced in any considerable quantity in this state. 

 That used in our experiments was raised in Delaware, where the 

 business of seed-growing is assuming considerable proportions 

 and is reported to be profitable. ' ' 



' ' Regarded as a green manure, particularly as furnishing nitro- 

 gen derived from the air, this crop possesses many advantages due 

 to its time of growth and development. ' ' 



' ' Good crops of this clover can be obtained on naturally poor 

 or worn-out lands when fertilized with the mineral constituents 

 only ; these soils are rapidly improved by the addition of the 

 nitrogen and accompanying organic matter contained in the crop." 



"This plant provides a good pasture before other crops are 

 available. An early pasture is not only valuable for the food con- 

 tained in it, but also because it helps to insure proper feeding and 

 to prevent too early use of other and later pastures. It was pas- 

 tured this year in central New Jersey as early as April loth. The 

 crop when six inches high contained over 1,300 pounds of diges- 

 tible food per acre, sufficient to properly nourish twelve cows for 

 one week." 



' ' The fertilizing value per acre of the residue in the roots, is 

 equivalent in nitrogen and organic matter to that contained in 

 three tons of city manure. ' ' 



In Chautauqua County, crimson clover was sown last year by 

 G. Schoenfeld, of Westfield, whose success with it has led to a 

 general trial of the plant in that vicinity. Mr. Schoenfeld gives 

 this account of his experiment :* 



* Grape Belt, Aug. 3, 1894. 



