330 THE USES AND VALUE. 



Stubble, etc., above ground contained 2,6C9 pounds per acre, dryv 



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



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



3d nine inches contained 191 pounds per acre, 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 phosphoric 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 wheat! If any person were 

 preaching the gospel of agriculture he well might hold up the 

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

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

 wise inadequate sources, a sufficient supply of potassium, 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 effective trap for ni- 

 trogen within his reach." 



The late George Geddes, of New York, said: "It has been 

 demonstrated beyond a doubt that 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 plaster 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 Talue, 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, 



