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A NEW TYPE OF KED CLOVER. 



da3's later than the earliest of the American kinds,that from Nebraska. 

 It will be seen from this that the range of maturing time of the Amer- 

 ican strains that are traceable to their region of origin as compared 

 with the Russian varieties is very short indeed. 



The table given below shows the date of full bloom of the ear- 

 liest and latest American and Russian varieties: 



Table V. — DaU of full hloom of earliest and latest American and Russian strains of clox-^er. 



Concerning the commercial samples used, it should be said that 

 they were of most unusual purity, as well as of high average germina- 

 tion. The seed itself was very large and of a deep purple color, while 

 the plants produced were coarse and hairy. This form seems to stand 

 intermediate between the medmm red, with which this experiment 

 deals, and the well-known "mammoth" form of Trifolium pratense, 

 which it resembles in some respects. Nothing is known as to the 

 origin of this seed further than that it is supposed to have been pro- 

 duced in the Middle West. It came into full bloom on July 6, seven 

 da^^s later than the latest of American strains of known origin, and 

 five days earlier than No. 16, the hairless form from Orel. 



On account of the coarse, woody stems of the Western Bulked 

 clover, there is a large percentage of waste in feeding its hay, the 

 cattle refusing to clean it up as they do some of the other strains, 

 notably No. 16. On account of the excessive hairiness of both stems 

 and leaves the hay is very dusty, and hence not a pleasant and desir- 

 able feed. 



The hay product of each of the different plats is shown by the 

 following table: 



Table VI. — Comparison of yields ofhay of regional varieties of red clover at Oakland, Nebr., 



in 1905. a 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Source of seed. 



Commercial seed (Western Bulked) 



Western Ohio 



Northern Indiana 



Southern Indiana 



Illinois 



Missouri 



Iowa 



Commercial seed (not inoculated). 



Commercial seed (inoculated) 



Mieinigan 



Nebraska 



Source of seed. 



Yield of 

 hay. 



Eastern Ohio 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Kief, Russia 



Orel, Russia 



Mosileff, Russia. . 

 Courland. Russia. 



Wisconsin 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Pounds. 

 5, 080 

 5, 540 

 4,670 

 5,840 

 7,100 

 5,750 

 4,750 

 4,950 

 4,930 

 4,460 



a On account of a misunderstanding, the ,-;lats were not sown in s'^rial order as given, but as follows: 

 11, 7, 1, 9, 8, 20, 10, 5, 3, 4, 2, 12, 19, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21. 



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