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of the crimson clover stubble of 8600 pounds of sorghum hay 

 per acre. By adding to this the yield of clover hay, 6100 

 pounds, we have a total of 14700 pounds per acre of the two 

 kinds of hay, as the measure of the advantage of sowing the 

 land in crimson clover as compared with permitting it to 

 grow up in winter weeds. 



Both the crimson clover hay and the sorghum hay when 

 weighed were dry enough for safe storing in the barn. 

 Even if we assume a shrinkage of 25 per cent in the barn 

 we should have a total yield of more than 7 tons of hay per 

 acre produced in one season and a gain of about 5 1-2 

 tens as the result of devoting the land to clover instead of 

 to weeds. 



CRIMSON CLOVER STUBBLE VERSUS ENTIRE GROWTH OF 



CRIMSON CLOVER. 



In 1908 cotton was planted very late after oat stubble, 

 after crimson clover stubble and after attempting to plow 

 under the entire growth of mature and thoroughly dry crim- 

 son clover. 



Only a part of the mature jilants were covered by the 

 plow, so that the full effects as fertilizer were not obtained. 

 The late planting, the period of extremely unfavorable 

 weather in August, when this late cotton suffered especially, 

 and the necessity of preparing these plots before frost for 

 another crop, obscured the full fertilizing effect of the 

 ci-imson clover. . In the part of the season for which re- 

 cords were ke])t the yields of seed cotton per aci"e were 

 as follows : : 



After oat stubble 342 lbs. 



After clover stubble 456 lbs. 



After clover, entire growth 528 lbs. 



The color and size of plants on these three plots gave 

 promise of much larger yields and much greater differences, 

 if the experiment could have been carried to a normal con- 

 clusion. 



Measuivinents showed that the bolls were largest on the 



