RED CLOVER 



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TABLE SHOWING WEIGHT (IN POUNDS) OF RED CLOVER ROOTS TO 

 AN ACRE FOR EACH INCH OF DEPTH, UTAH EXPERIMENT STATION 



At the Minnesota Experiment Station, Snyder found in 

 a square yard of earth that clover roots when water-free 

 weighed : 122 grams just before the heads appeared ; 

 320 grams in early bloom ; and 916 grams in full bloom. 



At the Delaware Experiment Station, Penny determined 

 that the roots 8 inches deep weighed, air-dry, 1185 pounds, 

 and the next 4 inches 27 pounds, the whole containing 33 

 pounds nitrogen. The tops weighed 2819 pounds. 



At the Connecticut Experiment Station Woods esti- 

 mated the roots 8 inches deep to contain 850 pounds, 

 and those in the subsoil 48 pounds of dry matter. At 

 Middletown, Connecticut, a crop was determined to have 

 1355 pounds of dry matter in the roots. 



467. Shoots. The main axis of the red clover is a 

 rather deep-seated, short crown, from which arise a dense 



