CLOVER CULTURE. 



CHAPTEK VII. 



Practical Clover Growing Selection of Varieties for Different Localities The Ob- 

 ject in View in Growing Clovers Mixtures With Other Grasses Mixtures for 

 Different notations Clover Sickness Nurse Crops Western Limit of the Clovers 

 Method of Seeding on Wet Lands 78 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Curing Clover Hay Water Content of Green Clover Iowa Agricultural College Ex- 

 perimentsThe Problem Stated Clover Hay-making East and West Capacity 

 of Clover to Evaporate and Absorb Moisture Most Approved Western Methods 

 Damage to Clover Hay in Stack Value of the Tedder Numerous Examples of 

 Spontaneous Combustion Views of Profs. Sanborn and Burrell 90 



CHAPTER IX. 



Clovers in the Rotation Importance of Rotations Distinct Features Clovers as 

 a Cleaning Crop Their Value in Supplying Nitrogen Rotations suggested for 

 different sections 97 



CHAPTER X. 



Clover in Feeding Rations Elementary Principles Necessity for Balanced Rations 

 Peculiar Need of an Albuminoid Crop in the West Feeding Tables Analyses 

 of Non-leguminous Grains and Grasses Analyses of the Legumes Examples of 

 the use of Clover and Clover Hay in Balancing Rations 106 



CHAPTER XL 



fnsect and Other Enemies The Clover Leaf Midge The Clover Root Borer Flave- 

 scent Clover Weevil The Clover Stem Borer The Clover Leaf Beetle The 

 Clover Leaf Hopper The Clover Hay Worm, with Illustrations The Clover 

 Rust The Violet Root Fungus Dodder, with Illustration 120 



CHAPTER XII. 



Clover Seed and its Insect Enemies Necessary Conditions for a Crop of Clover Seed 

 Prof. L. H. Paromel on Pollination of Clover Description of the Red Clover 

 Blossom, with Illustration Best Method of Harvesting Clover Seed Illustrations 

 and Description of Clover Seed Midge Methods of Combatting It Its parasites 

 Illustration and Description of Clover Seed Caterpillar Remedies Recom- 

 mended 182 



CHAPTER XIII. 



CJover Root Tubercle Facts Assumed in Previous Chapters Former Suppositions 

 as to how Clover Obtained Nitrogen Description of Clover Root Tubercles- 

 Prof. Hellriegel's Experiments and Demonstration of two Important Facts Illus- 

 tration of Tubercles with Description Prof. Atwatea's Experiments and Con- 

 clusion Conciuion of Sir J. B. Lawes Practical Bearings of the Discovery on 

 Western Agriculture 148 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Clover Culture the Way Out Clover Culture a Problem of the First Magnitude- 

 Purchase of Nitrates by the General Farmer Useless A Solution of the Agricul- 

 tural Paradox Advantages of the Western Farmer over the Eastern Western 

 Soils may be Exhausted as well as Fertilized by Clover Culture When Lands are 

 Practically Exhausted Western Farmers Must Elect to do One of Three Things 

 The only Wise Choice Trying Position of the Western Farmer Clover Cul- 

 ture Indicates the Way Out by Restoring Fertility, by Condensing Freights and 

 by Checking Waste of Carbonaceous Feed Effects of Clover on Legislation On 

 the Dairy Industry Will the Western Farmer Adopt It? 156 



