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A NEW TYPE OF RED CLOVER. 



The following table shows the comparative yield of each variety 

 under experiment, also date of first bloom, full bloom, and cutting, 

 and average height of plants when cut : 



Table XL— FieM, time of first and full bloom, height, and date of cutting of clover at Fargo, 



N. Dale., 1905. 



No. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



() 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



Source. 



Commercial seed (Western Bulked) 



Western Ohio 



Northern Indiana^ 



Southern Indiana 



Illinois 



Missouri 



Iowa -■ 



Commercial seed (not inoculated) . 



Commercial seed (Inoculated) 



Michigan 



Nebraska 



Eastern Ohio 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Kief, Russia 



Orel, Russia 



Mogileff, Russia 



Courland, Russia 



Wisconsin 



Oregon 



Date of first 

 bloom. 



June 20. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



do. 



do. 



Date of full 

 bloom. 



Julys. 

 July 7. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Date when 

 cut. 



Average 



height 



when cut. 



(No blossoms when cut.) 

 (Few blossoms when cut.) 



July 8... 

 ■....do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



July 10... 

 ....;do... 



do... 



do... 



do... 



June 20. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



lulv 7 do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



Inches. 

 30 

 27 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 29 

 29 

 30 

 30 

 32 

 28 

 32 

 27 

 30 

 28 

 34 

 28 

 30 

 28 

 28 



Yield. 



Pounds. 

 5,220 

 4,950 

 4,484 

 4,860 

 4.830 

 5,510 

 3, 960 

 4. 680 

 4.140 

 3.750 

 5.080 

 5,370 

 4, 610 

 5,090 

 4,200 

 4, 062 

 4, .350 

 4,470 

 4 380 

 4,300 



COMPARISON OF YIELDS. 



The heaviest yields of American strains of clover of known origin 

 were secured from the Missouri and eastern Ohio samples, followed 

 rather closely by those from Tennessee and Nebraska. The lightest 

 yields of the American strains were obtained from seed from Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, and Oregon. 



The Russian strains were among those giving the lowest yields, 

 the Orel clover yielding next to Michigan seed, the lightest crop. 

 Clover No. 18, the earliest in maturing, produced the largest crop 

 of the Russian sorts. 



The low yield of clover No. 16 is adequately accounted for by the 

 fact that in order to insure the securing of seed of this variety the 

 plat was cut two weeks before it had properly matured. Plate III, 

 figure 1, shows the Orel clover, immature and without blossoms, in the 

 foreground, the more mature Russian form from Kief in the near 

 background, and the fully matured Tennessee plat in the farther 

 background. 



Here, again, the hairless form exhibited all of the desirable forage 

 qualities noted at the other stations, and but for being harvested 

 so exceedingly early would no doubt have shown the same yielding 

 qualities as elsewhere. 



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