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were secured and the plants grew vigorously and promised satisfactory 
results. The weed growth of the season was heavy and many of the 
clover roots were choked. Early in May, in spite of this difficulty, 
the plants were 8 to 16 inches high and continued green through June 
and until late in July. The latter part of July and the early days of 
August were exceptionally hot, even for this section. By September 
very few of the roots were alive, and none of them survived the 
winter. 
January 19,1901, seeds of red clover were drilled in the grass garden 
with wheat, on the presumption that as a nurse crop the wheat would 
protect the young roots through the winter and spring and enable 
them to enter the summer with a strong root development. Only a 
few of the seeds germinated, however, and they were never vigor- 
ous. A few seeds were drilled in the garden March 20, 1900. They 
germinated very satisfactorily, but the plants were never very strong. 
They survived during the hot and dry summer months, but most of 
them were winterkilled. 
Russtan Rep CLovER ( Trifolium pratense var. pallida). 
Only one test was made of this variety in the grass garden. March 
20 seeds were drilled, a good stand was secured, and the plants grew 
well. They went through the hot and dry months fairly well and 
made a satisfactory growth, but many of them were winterkilled. 
March 19 the roots had greened out well. Altogether, the variety seems 
better adapted to local conditions than the common red clover, but the 
results of the tests do not justify more than a general suggestion that 
it should be given further tests, with the probabilities in favor of good 
results. 
SwEET CLOVER ( Melilotus alba). 
Of all the clovers tested in the course of the station work near 
Abilene, none gave nearly such satisfactory results as this variety. 
Only one test was made, and that under conditions far from favorable, 
yet the results were eminently satisfactory. Seeds were drilled in 
low, rather moist, fertile soil, March 18, and apparently every seed 
germinated quickly. The stand secured was all that could have been 
wished for. From the start the plants grew vigorously and were soon 
quite 2 feet high on an average, and a fair crop of seeds was matured. 
In one row, near the banks of the water hole in which water stood the 
greater part of the spring and into the early summer, the growth 
was very strong. Many of the plants measured 33 to 4 feet high. 
The leafage of all the plants in the garden was heavy and a fair crop 
of seeds wasmatured. During the hot and dry weather of June, July, 
and August the plants suffered, many of the leaves falling off. The 
month of September was hot, but the rainfall was exceptionally heavy, 
and under such influences the sweet clover revived and went into the 
