202 Appendix. 



Soy hcans 40 i^ounds and hairy vetch 50 pounds per acre. — There was 

 no difference between the soy beans in this plot and tlie one just mentioned, 

 except tliat tlie stand was not Quite so good in tliis one. 



The vetcli was good for the amount of seed used. It made a good growth 

 and spread out well over the ground : the two crops together thus making a 

 fine cover in the fall. In the spring the vetch grew nicely and was from 8 to 

 16 inches high April 24. It made one of the best cover crops used at Magnolia. 



Coupeas SO pounds and rye 30 pounds per acre. — The cowpeas were about 

 like the soy beans. There was a fairly good stand, but the plants were rather 

 spindling and from to 12 inches high October 8. They were badly frosted 

 two weeks later. 



There was a moderately good stand of rye like that with the soy beans. 

 It made a fairly god soil protection and did well in early spring. The new 

 growth was 8 to l."i inclies high April 24. 



Coivpcas 4(> pounds and hairy retch 20 pounds per acre. — The cowpeas 

 were like those in the last plot, but there were only half as many plants be- 

 cause only ha'.f as much seed was used. 



There was a good stand of vetch with good spreading growth, so the 

 ground was fairly well covered even though the seeding was light. It lived 

 through the winter and started off well in the spring, but did not make as 

 much growth as did the vetcli with the soy beans. It seemed to thin out some- 

 what as spring advanced. The growth April 24 was 4 to 12 inches. 



Mammoth clover 15 pounds per acre. — This was by far the best cover crop 

 used at Magnolia. The stand was perfect. It made an extra good, thick, heavy 

 mat of plants, 3 to inches high the last of October. It protected the ground 

 satisfactorily and came through the winter in fine condition. It did as well 

 in the spring as it did the previous fall. There was an excellent thick growth 

 of 4 to 8 inches April 24. The writer has never seen a better stand of mam- 

 moth clover than was in this plot. 



The six plots alre.ndy mentioned have had no inanure added to them for 

 years. They did have, however, a crop of crimson clover plowed under in l!)(.»() 

 and anotlirr in lOdl. If the soil had contained more humus there certainly 

 wotild have been a better development of plant growth on the first five plots. 



The following ten plots had a fairly good crop of cowpeas turned under 

 in 1898 and poor crops of crimson clover in 1901 and 1902. The last two only 

 had an application of manure in 1901. In all of these plots there was a rapid 

 falling oft" in the crops after growth began in the spring. The two manured 

 plots made the best showing, but finally they deteriorated also. None of the 

 results from these ten plots are satisfactory. 



Clovers, each 15 pounds of seed per acre. — The mammoth clover was very 

 poor on this plot, the seed did not germinate well and the plants which grew 

 were very small. 



About half of the plot of crimson clover was fairly good in stand, but un- 

 even in size. When plowed under. Ajjril 25, the plants were from 2 to 8 

 inches high. 



The red clover was about like the crimson clover. The value of a cover 

 crop to prevent the fruit tree leaves from blowing away was nicely illustrated 

 here. Although small the clover caught and held the leaves which about doubled 

 the amount of vegetable matter to plow under. 



Alfalfa 30 pounds per acre. — Tlie seed germinated well and there was a 

 pretty good stand until the end of October when the plants began to thin out. 

 They were then spindling and from 2 to 10 inches high. It came through 

 the winter in poor shape and was very poor in the spring. More humus in the 

 soil certainly would have benefitted this crop a great deal. 



Alfalfa 15 pounds, and red clover 7 pounds of seed per acre. — The benefit 

 of manure was well marked here. A portion of the plot was manured in 

 1901 and on that portion the crops were excellent early in October, while on 

 the unmanured part they were very poor. The alfalfa was very much better 



