EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 123 



CLOVER. 



Trials of alsike, Russian, mammoth and June clover by direct seeding 

 — without a nurse crop — are being conducted on the experimental plots. 

 Each of the varieties has made a fair growth, although it has required 

 three mowings to keep down the weeds during the summer. A seeding 

 of clover on an adjoining wheat plot resulted in complete failure, while 

 the seeding in No. 16 was a success, except on the most exposed knolls. 

 Attention is called to the fact that a good catch of clover was secured 

 on old ground without a nurse crop, while in wheat adjoining not a stalk 

 of clover grew, and furthermore, a good catch was obtained in No. 16, 

 which is a comparatively new field, the wheat being the third crop it has 

 borne. 



SAND LUCERNE (MEDIC AGO MEDIA). < 



This plant, resembling alfalfa, has been grown upon two plots of light 

 sandy soil in Field No. 3, from which a large part of the surface soil has 

 been removed. 



Three crops of hay were cut from each of these plots, with yields per 

 acre as follows: 



June 9. 



North Plot 3,900 



South Plot 2,930 



In addition, a fourth crop, fully equal to that of September 3, might 

 have been cut October 10, but was left to serve as a winter protection to 

 the plants. 



WOODS AND FOREST PLANTATIONS. 



The College woods are being maintained by removing the dead and 

 dying trees and allowing the young growth to occupy the ground where 

 the larger trees have been removed. No stock is allowed to pasture in 

 the woods, and a dense growth of small trees has now taken possession. 



The plantations of white pine along the west border of the farm and in 

 the field east of No. 7, on the river bank, have been kept clean, perfectly 

 free from weeds, during the summer, and have made a growth of from 

 10 inches to 16 inches, in height. 



The expense of caring for these young trees has caused a severe drain 

 on the funds of the department, while at the same time the work has 

 somewhat interfered with the pressing demands for our time upon the 

 other growing crops. 



CURIOSITY STRIP. 



This is a plot of ground on the experimental fields, some 39 rods long 

 and 4 rods wide, which for the past few years has been planted in small 

 areas to such new and curious plants as the department has from time to 

 time received for trial and experimentation. 'This strip has served a 

 two-fold purpose — that of a test of the plants tried there and as a con- 

 venient place to display such plants for study by students and visitors. 



The perennial plants have been arranged by themselves at the east end. 



