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wagon, you could cover a number of rows at once. I am convinced that 

 you can wet the ground for a number of rows, and what you waste won't 

 pay for the time it would take to do it in a slower way. As far as treat- 

 ing seed is concerned, I have treated my seed with corrosive sublimate 

 for a number of years. I corresponded with different parties throughout 

 the United States, Iowa, Ohio, Prof. Taft at the College, and different 

 ones, supposed to be the best authorities in the United States. I treated 

 my entire crop this year. I have four kerosene half barrels. I fill bushel 

 baskets half full, make the solution two ounces to sixteen gallons, take 

 a wooden pail, and two gallons of warm rain water, put in the corrosive 

 sublimate, dissolve it, and put in the solution. I keep three of these at a 

 time. 



Q : Where the potatoes are inclined to sprout early in the cellar, what 

 do you do? 



Mr. Post: All I could ever do was to keep it as cold as I could. But 

 you can keep it too cold. Two years ago I kept the temperature at 33 

 degrees; I thought that was just right; in the spring, I found my seed was 

 injured. Forty degrees is, I think, about as cool as you ought to keep it. 

 Sometimes I shovel them over. 



Q: Do you believe potatoes run out; that is, where the seed is 

 pro})erly selected? 



Mr. Post: I do. 



Q: Did you ever try air slaked lime in storing potatoes? 



Mr. Post: I did, for a number of years; it is a good idea. 



FORAGE CROPS. 



A. A. CROZIER, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



The short hay crop of recent years, and especially of last year, by 

 reason of the drouth early in the season, has attracted more than ordi- 

 nary attention to the question of suitable forage crops for this State. 

 This is particularly true of the leguminous crops, for the yield of clover 

 has not only been reduced by the drouth, but the seeding has also failed 

 extensively from the same cause. In addition to this, the clover root 

 borer, which first appeared in this country in 1876, has entered our State 

 and has for several years destroyed a large portion of the clover crop 

 in the southern counties, and has now reached the northern portion of 

 the State as well. The following forage crops have recently received 

 more than ordinary attention in this State. 



ALSIKE CLOVER. 



This is a hardy species, adapted especially to low, damp soils, either 

 clay or sand. It does not withstand drouth as well as the ordinary red 

 clover; neither is it exempt from the attacks of the root borer, but it is 

 worthy of a permanent place among our forage crops if its cultivation is 

 restricted to suitable locations. Alsike clover is a good kind to sow with 

 timothy, as it matures later than common red clover. Its seed is so 

 small that only one-third the usual amount is required per acre. 



