44 CRIMSON CLOVER 



"As the result of our experiments hist season with these 

 clovers, we will not sow any more crimson clover on any large 

 scale until we have experimented further with it, but will try 

 medium red, sown in our orchards about June 15 to Jul)' 20. * * 

 But we are not yet ready to give any final opinion upon the 

 question. 



•• Persons err in looking for a too heavy stand of crimson 

 clover. It must not be expected to give the amount of herbage 

 which the ordinary clover seeding does. Even a thin covering, 

 if it passes the winter, is very useful in improving the condi- 

 tions of the land ; and a good fall stand which wholly kills out 

 during the winter is also worth the growing upon the greater 

 part of our fruit lands. We are convinced that crimson clover 

 has come to stay, but we are equally convinced that it is unwise 

 to rely upon it year by year for a cover crop. It will find its 

 place in a judicious alternation of cover crops, the particular 

 alternation to be determined by every farmer for himself." 



GENERAL REMARKS 



This crop is one worthy of our consideration and should be 

 tried very generally, on a small scale at least. If it is of value 

 to New Hampshire the public should know it. We intend 

 making a thorough test of it at the Experiment Station, but as 

 soils differ it is well to compare notes and in this way get a 

 much more satisfactory knowledge of it. In cutting and 

 using crimson clover for hay it should be done before it is out 

 of blossom, as otherwise the dry, prickly heads are liable to 

 lodge in the stomach, producing balls of felty material that in 

 some instances have caused death to animals. 



