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Shutt — Soils. 



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Analyses of Clover Residues, 1897. 

 (Roots, dead stems and leaves.) 



In 1898 further examinations were made of a somewhat 

 similar character. The average weight per acre of clover, includ- 

 ing roots to a depth of nine inches, obtained at the close of the 

 first season's growth, i.e., in November, was between five and six 

 tons. On another series of plots the clover was allowed to remain 

 until there was a strong growth the following spring (May 21), 

 and the average weight per acre, including roots to a depth of 

 nine inches, vi'as found to be between thirteen and fifteen tons. 

 On all these plots the clover had been sown with grain. As a rule, 



