330 THE USES AND VALUE. 



Stubble, etc., alwvo ground contained 2,009 puunils per acre, dry. 



1st nine iuclies* contained 3,017 pounds per acre, dry. 



2d nine inclics contained S73 pounds per acre, dry. 



3d nine inches <'ontained 11* 1 jwunds i)er acre, dry. 



Total 0,153 



This WHS between three and four times as much tlry matter as 

 the residue of tlie harley. 



In the words of Dr. Kedzie: '* Tlie clover luiy or ftod contains 

 cnougli phosplioric acid for more tluin double an average crop, 

 enough nitrogen for more than four average crops, and potash 

 for more than six average crops of wheat! If any person were 

 preaching the gospel of agriculture he well might hold up the 

 triple leaf of the red clover as the symbol of trinity of bless- 

 ings to the farmer, furnishing for his cereal crops, from other- 

 wise inadequate sources, a sufficient supply of potassium, phos- 

 phorus and nitrogen. If I were designing an emblematic seal of 

 our national agriculture I would make the central figure the 

 clover leaf. For the farmer it is the most elfective trap for ni- 

 trogen within his reach." 



The late George Geddes, of Xew York, said: *' It has been 

 demonstrated beyond a doubt that clover and plaster are by far 

 the cheapest manure that can be had for our lands, — so much 

 cheaper than barnyard manure that the mere loading of and 

 spreading costs more than the plaster and clover. Plow under 

 the clover on the more distant fields when it is at full growth. 



"A very considerable part of the cultivated land of Onondaga 

 County has never had any other manuring than this clover and 

 gypsum, and its fertility is not diminishing. The cost jier acre 



The Uses and Yalue, — The following as to the use and man- 

 agement of red clover is gleaned from Harris' Talks on Manures : 

 " Clover is, unquestionably, the great renovating crop of Ameri- 

 can agriculture. A crop of clover, equal to two tons of hay. 



