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Different Varieties of Red Clover, [may, 



of the herbage, leguminous plants, clovers, vetches, &c., tending 

 to disappear in favour of gramineous grasses ; this, however, 

 seems merely due to the nitrogenous character of the manure, 

 and may be partly counterbalanced by the simultaneous 

 application of phosphates, potash, and lime. 



Apart from these experiments, instances are mentioned where 

 this liquid is used in practice with satisfactory results, being 

 mixed with liquid manure and applied in winter, when there is 

 no danger of burning the herbage. 



Red clover is found wild in pastures in Britain, Europe, 



Northern Africa, and the temperate parts of Western Asia, 



and it has been introduced into North and 



Trials of South America, and also into New Zealand. 

 Different Varieties ^ , , , 



of Red Clover. order to satisfy the demand for seed m 



this country, and to supplement the home 

 supply, considerable quantities are imported from the United 

 States, Canada, Chili, New Zealand, Russia, Bohemia, Bavaria, 

 and elsewhere. An account of the impurities which are met 

 with both in the home and imported seed formed the subject of 

 a recent article in this Jo ma/ (March, 1906, p. 716), and atten- 

 tion was drawn to the importance of having samples tested both 

 for purity and germinating power. The information therein 

 given may usefully be supplemented by some notes from the 

 report of trials carried out by the Agricultural Department 

 of Leeds University for the purpose of comparing the crops 

 obtained from home and foreign grown red clover seed. 



The experiments have been carried out at various centres, 

 but the notes of observations on the growth of the crops refer 

 chiefly to those grown at Garforth and Leconfield in 1902, 1903, 

 1904, and 1905. 



English Red Clover. — This seed was from English-grown stock 

 of high quality, and suitable for one year's cutting only. It 

 gave an average weight of hay almost every year. The best 

 year was 1902, when it gave an exceptionally heavy crop 

 (3^ tons) at Leconfield and at Garforth. In the autumn of 

 1901 the plots were good and stood the winter well. In the 

 autumn reports of the other years this plot was frequently 



