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the seeding. When sown late in the spring many of the 

 seeds sprout, and are killed by dry weather. It would be 

 all the better if the clover seed could be buried a half-inch 

 (or even au inch on loose soils) beneath the surface after the 

 middle of March. 



GROWTH AND MANURE. 



Red clover rarely makes much growth the first season if 

 sown with grain. Should the weather be very seasonable 

 after harvest, and the land fertile, it will sometimes attain 

 the height of thirty inches and put out blooms, making an 

 excellent fall pasture. When sown alone it will always 

 blossom in August. 



As soon as it begins to grow, in early spring, an applica- 

 tion of two bushels of gypsum or land plaster, upon 

 granitic or sandy soils, is absolutely necessary to get a good 

 growth. 



Baron Liebig, after numerous experiments made with 

 gypsum upon clover, comes to the conclusion that the action 

 of gypsum is very complex; that it indeed promotes the 

 distribution of both magnesia and potash in the soil. He 

 thinks that gypsum exercises a chemical action upon the 

 soil, which extends to any depth, and that in consequence 

 of the chemical and mechanical modification of the earth, 

 particles of certain nutritive elements become accessible to 

 and available for the clover plant, which were not so before. 



Though having my mind constantly directed to this point, 

 I have rarely found an application of gypsum beneficial 

 upon clayey loams, but its effects are very apparent on 

 strong limestone soils, such as are found in the Central 

 Basin. Red clover has two growing seasons. It makes its 

 most vigorous growth from the 1st of April until the 15th 

 of June, beginning to bloom usually in the central parts of 

 the State about the 15th of May, and attaining its full in- 

 florescence about the 1st of June. After this, unless de- 

 pastured by stock or cut for hay, the heads begin to dry up, 



