194 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Q: Do you think rye is of special value to the farmer to turn under? 



Mr. Crozier: I think in these hard times it is a good crop to grow, 

 when wheat is low and clover precarious. Rye will grow in the winter 

 time, it is hardy, and a rough and ready plant, adapted to almost all sit- 

 uations. For a fertilizer it is about as good as timothy. 



Q: What is your opinion of the manurial value of crimson clover and 

 alfalfa, in comparison with red clover? 



Mr. Crozier: In this case it is merely a question of quantity. 



Q: Will cow peas grow in this section of the country? 



Mr. Crozier: You cannot depend on them. 



Q : What kind of a plant is spurry ? 



Mr. Crozier: It is a little plant with fine leaves, and small white blos- 

 soms somewhat like chickweed. 



Q : Where you wish to seed timothy and clover, and you put in wheat 

 and timothy in the fall, what time do you put on the clover seed? 



Mr. Crozier: As soon as possible after the first of March. 



Q : Can clover seed be sown among com in August or September and 

 cut a crop next year? 



Mr. Crozier : Not as a rule. If it comes up in the fall, it will probably 

 be too small to pass the winter. If it happens to be a good season and it 

 gets a good start as early as July, it will be large enough. Much depends 

 on the soil and the amount of snow. 



Q: What variety of seed would you advise sowing in this part of the 

 State with oats? 



Mr. Crozier: Canada field peas. 



Q: You spoke about a beetle that injured the clover roots. Don't 

 you think that if we were to have a wet season the clover would mature 

 in spite of that? 



Mr. Crozier: It will produce the first crop of hay, but not the second. 



Q: Can you have success with peas -on a sandy soil? 



Mr. Crozier: Yes, if the sand is good, and you get them in early. 



Q: If I sow crimson clover as soon as I can in the spring, will I get a 

 crop of hay this spring? 



Mr. Crozier: You will get a crop of clover, it may be six or eight 

 inches high: you won't get much hay. 



Q: What time would you sow mammoth clover on heavy land? 



Mr. Crozier: If you sow with oats, sow early in the spring. 



Q: On low bottom land, wouldn't you expect the clover to lodge? 



Mr. Crozier: Not if sown with oats, and the season was dry. 



Q: Will not the borer work worse on light ground than on heavy soil? 



Mr. Crozier: He will work anywhere where he can get the clover? 



Ex.-Gov. Luce: I want to encourage you in relation to the clover. Its 

 loss is a loss to any country or section. Indeed, I know of no more 

 severe loss than that inflicted by the failure of a clover crop in a State 

 like ours. Your questions are judicious, your inquiries are framed to 

 draw out the facts that will aid you. I have been on the alfalfa plains in 

 California. I passed up and down, examining their crops. I saw where 

 they had cut five crops in a year. The roots will go way down and find 

 water, if it is anywhere this side of China, if the ground is soft enough for 

 it to penetrate. But I don't believe clover is gone. Two years ago I 

 went to New York to deliver a lecture, and the questions asked related 



