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CRIMSON CLOVER. 
Crimson Clover, or, more commonly called Scarlet, Italian, 
or German Clover, is an annual of French origin, makes a 
growth from 20 to 30 inches high, has a bright crimson blos- 
som from ii^ to 3 inches long, and when in full bloom with 
its luxuriant growth of green foliage and its crimson bloom, 
IS a thing of beauty. It is a winter crop, must be sown in 
July, August and September of each year from which the 
spring following can be cut for soiling, by the 20th of April; 
for ensilage, and hay by ist to 8th of May, and for seed crop 
by the 25th of May. It will produce on ordinary soil 12 to 
15 tons of green food per acre, 1% to 2>^ tons hay per acre, 
and 2 to 12 bushels seed per acre. Ploughed under as a ma- 
nurial crop it is worth as a fertilizer ;^3o.oo per acre. Ex- 
periments at the Delaware Experiment Station have shown 
that ^i.oo invested in seed per acre added 24 bushels corn. 
While ^i.oo worth of nitride of soda per acre increased the 
yield of corn only 6 bushels. 
Prof. E. B. Voorhees, Director of the New Jersey Experi- 
mental Station, says, on page 21 of Station Bulletin No. 100: 
The average of the matured crops on May 24th and 31st 
contained per acre 200 pounds nitrogen and 6,500 pounds of 
organic matter, or equivalent to that contained in 20 tons of 
city manure, which would cost in that form ^30.00." 
On page 29 of the same bulletin Professor Voorhees says : 
^'XJsed as a manure only the average crop per acre is worth 
^25.50 ; when used as a feed the value is increased to I45.25." 
He also shows that Crimson Clover Hay contains 83.6 
pounds more digestible matter than Red Clover, and that 
over 66% of this increase consisted of the most valuable 
compound. Protein. In his summary on page 31 he further 
says : 
This plant provides a good pasture before other crops are 
available. An early pasture is not only valuable for food 
contained in it, but also because it helps to insure proper 
feeding and to prevent too early use of other and later pas- 
ture. It was pastured this year in central New Jersey as early 
as April the loth. The crop when 6 inches high contained 
over 1,300 pounds of digestible food per acre, sufficient to 
properly nourish 12 cows for one week." 
It can be sown in apple, peach, pear, plum or cherry orchards, 
in corn, tomato, cabbage, beans, peas, water??ielon, cant elopes ot 
any cultivated crop, also with buckwheat. Has been sown in 
asparagus beds, in raspberry and blackberry patches to keep 
