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hard clay land, sowing it at four intervals, July 25, August 14, 

 August 29 and September 9. Only the first sowing passed th^ 

 winter. The details of the experiment are as follows: 



A strip of land in the Cornell pear orchard was sown to crim 

 son clover July 25, 1895, the seed being harrowed in. A second 

 sowing was made August 14; a third, August 29; and the fourth, 

 September 9. At the time of the third sowing the soil, which is 

 a heavy clay, was in excellent condition; it was moist and well 

 pulverized, while the first two lots of seed did not have equally 

 favorable conditions. The stand from the first sowing was fairly 

 good during the latter part of August, the plants being from one 

 to five inches high. The growth in the moister parts of the plat 

 was the most vigorous. Seedlings from the second sowing were 

 also slowly appearing, but not uniformly. 



When the last sowing was made September 9, the plants of the 

 first lot stood from one to eight inches high; the strongest 

 growth was made by a few plants upon the more moist soil. 

 The plants of the second lot were from one to three inches high, 

 only a few, however, measuring the greatest height. Most of the 

 plants were small, and the growth was weak. The seed leaves 

 were appearing upon the third plot, and a few plants, again in 

 the more moist places, had each produced a true leaf. 



Notes taken October 18 show that the plots differed greatly. 

 The plants from the first sowing averaged about six inches in 

 height in the more favorable spots, and they covered the ground 

 thickly, the remainder of the plot having fewer and smaller 

 plants, some spots being entirely bare. 



The stand of the second plot proA^ed to be fairly good, but the 

 plants were all small, those in the drier places being not more 

 than an inch or two in height, while in the most favorable places 

 the average height was scarcely over four inches. 



The growth upon the third plot was unexpectedly poor consid- 

 ering the faA^orable circumstances under which the seed had been 

 sown. Only a few seedlings had survived, and these were small 

 and very spreading, in this respect resembling those which were 

 making a poor growth in plot 2. 



