42 CRIMSON CLOVER 



from i^- to 2 inches long. The plants attain a height of from 

 12 to 26 inches. 



TIME TO SOW 



This question we are unable to answer definitely as regards 

 New Hampshire. It is requested that all who have already 

 grown it should inform us as to their results, that some satis- 

 factory conclusions may be reached. The general impression 

 is that it has' not proved hardy enough to fully withstand the 

 winters in this state. In Delaware, where 2,340 acres were 

 sown in 1S91, it is planted the latter part of July or during 

 August. This crop may be cut for silage or hay early in 

 May and a yield of from one to two tons per acre may be 

 secured from very poor land. The plants from the seed 

 sown here last August blossomed during the latter part of 

 May. It is claimed that if it is sown in July it will make a 

 growth by fall, which may be used for pasture during October 

 and November, as a good substitute for hay. The remnant 

 may be plowed under in the fall, or should it withstand the 

 winter, may be used for soiling or green manuring the next 

 spring. 



We have sown to-day, June 29, about two acres with the 

 idea of plowing under all but a strip, as a green manure this 

 fall. The land is a light soil which has been exhausted in 

 growing grass. It was plowed last December and has been 

 thoroughly harrowed ; and now if crimson clover will furnish 

 the soil with organic matter, it will be a cheap way of fertiliz- 

 ing. 



Another use to which crimson clover may be put is as a 

 fertilizer in fruit plantations. It should then be sowed the 

 latter part of July or first of August, when cultivation ceases, 

 and later turned under. It ought to make a valuable crop for 

 this purpose. 



As a further experiment we expect to sow seed every month 

 from now on in order to ascertain whether it will winter better 

 at certain stages of growth than others. 



SEED PER ACRE 



The seed weighs sixty pounds to the bushel and from ten 

 to sixteen pounds are necessary to seed an acre properly. It 



