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sandy soil of Plymouth County ? You were born there. 

 Would it grow crimson clover as well as it does men? 



Mr. CoLLiNGWooD. I do not know whether I am the o-nly 

 man from Plymouth County here, or not. But, if I were to 

 go there and commence farming, the first thing I would do 

 would be to start crimson clover on my farm. I think that, 

 by working it continually, sooner or later you would get it 

 to grow. 



Mr. CusHMAN. How do you get that crop you consider 

 worth twenty loads of stal)le manure without any manure ? 



Mr. CoLLiNGWOOD. I will pass this clover sod around, so 

 that you can see that it is not tied on with strings. I will 

 say frankly that I think the cow-pea to-day is a better and 

 more valuable plant than the crimson clover, if a man has 

 land enough to let it remain on the ground for a reasonable 

 time. If I had more land, I would have ten acres every year. 



Mr. Stetson. Would it not be better to turn it in than 

 to leave it on the ground? 



Mr. CoLLiNGWOOD. If I ploughed it in I would sow crim- 

 son clover in the fall. It sours under the soil. 



Mr. Collingwood's attention was called to the fact that he 

 had not answered Mr. Ware's second question in regard to 

 the plough. 



Mr. CoLLiNGWOOD. My answer is, my plough is for sale. 

 I bought it under a misapprehension. 



Mr. Ware. How are you going to cover that mess on 

 your ground four inches deep without a plough ? Your Cut- 

 away harrow would not do it. You could not make a seed- 

 bed unless you ploughed it under with a plough. 



Mr. CoLLiNGWOOD. I have done it. 



Mr. Ware. You said you turned it under with a plough. 



Mr. CoLLiNGWOOD. I bought a plough in the springs 

 thinking I would need it, but it is now for sale. I will sell 

 it for less than I paid for it. 



Mr. Ware. You have used your plough a great deal this 

 summer, and I do not see how you could get along without it. 



Mr. CoLLiNGWOOD. I have used it on four acres. 



Mr. Ware. Do you pretend to say you can make a good 

 seed-bed with that stuff on your ground without a plough ? 



