CLOVER CULTURE. 



Clover-seed Midge Illustrations of, 127, 

 128; history of, 128; description of, 128, 

 129; methods of combating, 129, 139; ex- 

 ported to England in seed, 130; parasites 

 of, 130, 131. 

 Clover sickness, 73. 



Commercial fertilizers, annual cost of in 

 Connecticut, 144. 



Comstock, Prof , report on clover-stem 

 borer, 111. 



Cook, Prof. Description of clover-stem 

 borer, 111; report on clover-leaf beetle, 

 111, 112; description of clover-hay worm, 

 115; experiment on ferti'ization of clo- 

 ver, 122. 



Corn, why it succeeds best on clover sod, 

 74. 



Corn land, limit of reached, 148. 



Corn-r^ot worm, opera ions of, 92. 



Corn-surp'us states, 153, 154. 



Crimson Clover Its distribution, 11, 15; 

 habit of gnwth, 56: yield of hay per 

 acre, 56; where profitable, 56, 58; illus- 

 tration of, 57; amount of seed required 

 per acre, 58. 



Darwin, Charles, experiment on pollina- 



I tion of clovers, 122. 



Digestible nutrients in non-leguminous 

 grains and fodders, 102; in clovers and 

 other legumes, 102. 



Dodder Clover, 117, 120; in clover seed, 

 119; districts infested with, 123; varieties 

 of, 120; new variety attacking clover, 

 120: illustration, 118. 



Farmers Modern, peculiar ad vantages of , 

 150; peculiar position in the West, 150, 

 151. 



Feeding Rations Elementary principles 

 relating to, 98, 99, 100; examples of -bal- 

 anced rations, 99, 100; table for calculat- 

 ing, 101; various uses of clover in, 1C4, 

 105, 106: use of alfalfa in, 106. 



Fertility Exhaustion of, 9">: essential ele- 

 ments of, 17, 18, 91 ; how readily exhaust- 

 ed, 74. 



Flax, ancient reputation RS a soil robber, 4. 



Fungus, violet root, 116, 117. 



Geary, George, experiment in deep cover- 

 ing of clover, 23, 24. 



Georgeson, Prof. C. C., on alfalfa without 

 irrigation, 36, 40. 



German feeding tables, 101. 



Grasses Definition of, 3; tame, with and 

 without a nurse cro^, 76; for wet lands, 

 77, 78; young, furnish a balanced ration, 

 155. 



Grass Mixtures For fertility alone, 71; 

 for short rotations, 72; for sowing with 

 spring grains, 74; for permanent pas- 

 tures, 74; for sowing on wild prairie, 75. 



Hay caps, use in hay making, 80. 



Hay shed, cost of, 85. 



Hellriegel, Prof., experiment with the le- 

 gumes, 134, 138. 



Honey bees as fer ilizers for red and mam- 

 moth clovers, 123. 



Ingersoll, Prof. C. L., on alfalfa under 

 irrigation, 41,44. 



Insect Pests Working on clover, I0r, 116: 

 number of, working on clover, 107; clo- 

 ver-leaf midge, 107, 1C8; clover- root bo^er, 

 108, 109; ilavescen* clover weevil, 109, 111; 

 clover-stem borer, 111; clover-'eaf beetle, 

 111, 113; clover-leaf hopper, 113, J14; 

 clover-hay worm, 114, 115. 



Insects as pollinators of clover, 121, 123. 

 Iowa Experiment Station, experime I 



with clover seed, 22. 



Japan Clover Its distribution, 11; history 

 o f , 58; the soil renovator of the South, 

 58; climatic range, 58; its value to the 

 Southern farmer, 58, 60; illustration of, 

 59. 



Large-headed Clover Description of, 61,. 

 62; climatic range of, 61, 62; illustration 

 of, 65. 



Lawes, Sir J. B., investigations of tuber- 

 cles on roots of legumes, 142. 



Legumes Leading varieties of, 3, 10; num- 

 ber of known sppcies, 3; wide range of 

 usefulne-s, 3; Virgil on, 4; Virgil's di- 

 rections for sowing, 4: universal distri- 

 bution, 10; necessary to correct the evils 

 of continued grain cropping, 151; essen- 

 tial to a correct system of agriculture, 

 152. 



Lintner, Prof. RepTt on the number of 

 clover pests, 107, 1C8; on flavescent clover 

 weevil, 110; description of clover-leaf 

 beetle, 112, 113. 



Mammoth Clover Its distribution, 11, 12, 

 13; yield per acre, 27; illustration of, 29; 

 when to be sown alone, 70, 71; crop of 

 seed per acre, 71 : in permanent pasture, 

 74; management of for seed, 125. 



Nitrogen Its abundance in nature, 8; 

 sources of supply, 9; it* function in sup- 

 porting animal life, 9, 99; waste of dur- 

 ing summer months, 92: supplied by the 

 clovers, 92; how obtained by clovers, 

 133, 13i. 



Oats, only commonly cultivated cereal 

 furnishing a balanced ration, 155. 



Orchard Grass When to be sown with 

 clover, 72, 73; reasons for sowing with 

 clover, 73; orchard grass in permanent 

 pasture, 74. 



Osborn, Prof. Report on flavescent-clo- 

 ver weevil, 110; life history of clover- 

 leaf hopper, 113,114. 



Pammel, Prof. Report on clover rust, 

 116; on pollination of flowers, 121, 123. 



Permanent Pasture Relation of clovers 

 to, 48, 49; grass mixtures for, 74. 



Phosphoric acid, not liable to be washed 

 out of the soil by rains, 151. 



Plant life, five essentials of, 17. 



Pollination of clovers by insects, 121, 123; 

 self-nolliua'ion of red clover, 122; by 

 bumble bees, 122, 125. 



Potish Its p'ace in animal economy, 9; 

 not liable to be washed out of the soil by 

 rains, 151. 



Prairie, wild, how best seeded to tame 

 grasses, 75, 76. 



Red Clover Its distribution, 11, 12, 13; 

 how distinguished from mammoth, 11, 

 25; on what its Feed crop depends, 12; 

 date of introduction into England, 16; 

 early methods of cultivation, 16, 17; it 

 relation to insect rests, 26; illustration 

 of, 28; nutritive value as compared with 

 alfalfa, 39; in permanent pasture, 74; 

 on wild prairie, 75. 



Red top, in permanent pasture, 74. 4 



Riley, Prof. Report on clover-root borer, 

 108, 109; report on flavescent-clover wee- 

 vil, 110. 



Rotations Distinct features of, 92, 93; 



