Food for should not expect too much of it. The method of seeding 



^°^^ clovers depends much upon locality and soil needs with 



i°S reference to previous crops. Crimson clover and Canadian 



field peas are usually sown in August, after earlier crops 



have been removed, or even in corn fields. Red clover is 



commonly sown in the spring on wheat or with oats. 



Cost of Transportation of Fertilizers. 



A striking illustration of the difference in the cost of trans- 

 portation by four different ways is given by Representative 

 Brownlow, of Tennessee, in a recent speech before Congress. 

 Mr. Brownlow is the author of the bill asking for national 

 aid to road improvement and in support of the measure he 

 gave the following table which is based on the rnost careful 

 estimates: 



Cost of Transportation Per Ton. 



Horse power, 5 miles i^i . 25 



Electric power, 25 miles i • 25 



Steam cars, 250 miles ; ^ . . . . i . 25 



Steamships on the lakes i ,000 miles i . 25 



It will be seen that the same amount of money it takes 

 to haul a given amount of produce five miles on a public 

 highway of the United States will pay the freight for 250 

 miles on a railroad and 1,000 miles on a steamship line on the 

 lakes. This is too great a difference as will be admitted by 

 all, and when we think of the fact that the railroad companies 

 are ever at work repairing and improving their highways 

 while the farmer is apparently so little awake to his own inter- 

 ests in regard to furnishing himself with better roads we 

 wonder why it is. The lesson seems plain and clear and 

 as farmers let us continue to aid the good road movement 

 throughout the country. 



Nitrate of Soda is essentially a seaboard article; at the 

 present time facilities for supplies at interior points have not 

 been provided. 



In ordering Nitrate of Soda make the request that in the 

 event of purchasing, that it be sent as "Fertilizer," and that 

 it be marked "For Fertilizing Purposes." It has been the 

 custom of the railroad companies to discriminate heavily 

 against Nitrate of Soda by charging almost prohibitory 



