330 THE USES AND VALUE. 



Stubble, etc, abo-ve ground contained 2,6G9 pounds per acre, dry. 



1st nine inches contained - - 3,017 pounds per acre, dry. 



2d nine inches contained 275 jwunds per acre, dry. 



8d nine inches contained 191 pounds per ticre, dry. 



Total 6,152 



This was between three and four times as much dry matter as 

 the residue of the barley. 



In the words of Dr. Kedzie : ''^ The clover hay or sod contains 

 enough j)hosphoric acid for more than double an average crop, 

 enough nitrogen for more than four average crops, and potash 

 for more than six average crops of M'heatI If any person werje 

 preaching the gospel of agriculture he Avell might hold up the 

 triple leaf of the red clover as the symbol of trinity of bless- 

 ings to the farmer, furnishing for liis cereal crops, from other- 

 wise inadequate sources, a sufficient suj^ply of ])otassium, phos- 

 phorus and nitrogen. If I were designing an emblematic seal of 

 our national agriculture I would make the central figure the 

 clover leaf. For the farmer it is the most eifective trap for ni- 

 trogen within his reach.'' 



The late George Geddes, of Xew York, said: ''It has been 

 demonstrated beyond a doubt tliat clover and plaster are by far 

 the cheapest manure that can be had for our lands, — so much 

 cheaper than barnyard manure that the mere loading of and 

 spreading costs more than the j^laster and clover. Plow under 

 the clover on the more distant fields when it is at full growth. 



''A very considerable part of the cultivated land of Onondaga 

 County has never had any other manuring than this clover and 

 gypsum, and its fertility is not diminishing. The cost per acre 

 is §2.32." 



The Uses and Value, — The following as to the use and man- 

 agement of red clover is gleaned from Harris^ Talks on Manures : 

 " Clover is, unquestionably, the great renovating crop of Ameri- 

 can agriculture. A crop of clover, equal to two tons of hay. 



