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FARMERS' CLUB DISCUSSION. 
(continued). 
hurt, according to their varieties, from 
12 to 75 per cent. I have heard so many 
reports during the last two years, that 
the above plums are tender in bud, which 
is not my experience, that I do believe 
those parties received spurious stock of 
tender Japan varieties. 
Crimson Clover On Long Island. 
W. H., Bayport, L. I.—I was so much 
interested in reading in last year’s R. 
N.-Y. about Crimson clover, that I sent 
to Delaware and bought one bushel of 
seed. I sowed it in two acres of corn 
August 20, and also in two of potato 
ground September 8. On one acre where 
I had rye the year before, the drought 
killed the Red clover nearly all out. I 
spread on a light coat of stable manure, 
plowed and sowed 16 pounds of seed ; 
this winter I spread on 15 one-horse 
loads of coarse manure. I shall try to 
get a crop of hay off this spring, and if 
it comes off in time, plant to potatoes or 
corn. On account of the drought, the 
clover did not come up until the middle 
of September. It had but little time to 
grow, but it went into winter quarters 
looking green. It was covered with 
snow two or three weeks through the 
coldest weather, and after the snow went 
off it still looked green. I was afraid 
the freezing and thawing of March 
might injure it, but it still looks well and 
I think it will prove a success. 
Crimson Clover a God-send. 
W. P. T., Cur wens vii.i.k, Pa. —I am an 
enthusiastic admirer of Crimson clover, 
as a means of improving our worn-out 
farms. From my experience with it, 1 
believe it a God-send to our poor farmers 
everywhere that it will grow and thrive. 
In July, 1893, I sowed a patch of early 
sweet corn with it, and in a very short 
time, it was as green as a meadow. I 
allowed my fowls to run on it some dur¬ 
ing the latter part of the season; indeed, 
they ate it off pretty short, but it win¬ 
tered well, and in a few days after the 
snow went off, it started up strong and 
thick. May 8, 1894, I plowed it under 
for potatoes ; it was then an average of 
10 inches high, and so thick that I had 
to part it with my hands to see the bot¬ 
tom. The roots were several inches be¬ 
low the bottom of the furrow, and very 
thick. 
I also sowed my late potatoes with it in 
September of the same year, and although 
it was September 28 or 29,it made an excel¬ 
lent start before winter, being four inches 
high, and quite thick, strong stools; it 
wintered without any perceptible loss, 
the ground being entirely covered in 
the spring. A part of this I let grow 
and ripen its seed, and in July I cut it 
and fed it to my young Brown Leghorn 
chicks which I was raising in an in¬ 
cubator. They seemed never to tire of 
scratching among it, and picking out the 
seed of w hich they were very fond, and 
on which they did very well. 
In 1894, I sowed it more largely, and 
on this I can report later. It went into 
the winter in excellent condition, and 
was as strong and thick as could be de¬ 
sired. It seemed to look a little darker 
in color on cold mornings, but as soon 
as the sun came out and warmed it, it 
regained its natural dark green color, 
and was none the worse for being frozen. 
I would advise farmers to try it; and 
not be discouraged, even with one fail¬ 
ure, for it will prove an inestimable 
means of supplying a cheap and much 
needed renovator for worn-out soils, in¬ 
asmuch as it will supply organic matter, 
and nitrogen very quickly. By adding 
phosphoric acid and potash, farmers 
will very soon be able to make their 
farms pay by increased yields and cheap 
fertilizers. Several of our farmers sowed 
it last season, and some have reported a 
good catch and excellent growth, and 
are entirely satisfied so far with their 
investments. One of my neighbors 
sowed a bushel on his corn before the 
last working, and reports none of it 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
growing, which he attributes to the very 
dry weather, and sowing it too long be¬ 
fore the rains came. But he is not dis¬ 
couraged, and after seeing my success, 
he concluded to give it another trial 
next season. 
Crimson Clover Lost Its Crown. 
S. B. McC., Blue Springs, Conn.— I 
sowed one bushel of Crimson clover seed 
in early August in corn^first going be¬ 
tween the rows with a one-horse harrow. 
I then sowed the seed and cross har¬ 
rowed, going twice in the middle each 
time. The ground was in good condition, 
and as we had showers at the time of 
sowing, the seed came up well; but it was 
so very dry from that time till cold 
weather that the clover grew but little. 
It nearly all heaved out, and the crown 
is pulled off a good portion of what is 
left in the ground. This has been an un¬ 
commonly hard winter with us. I sup¬ 
pose that the clover would have stood 
the freezes better if it had attained more 
size in the fall. I wish to try it again. 
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Some Clover and Alfalfa Notes. 
C. P. B., Nortiirrook, Pa.—A two- 
acre field of Medium clover sown April 
19, 1893, with oats, and seeds of both 
covered by a plank drag, has shown 
some rather surprising results compared 
with another field just over the fence 
belonging to a neighbor. There was 
quite a sprinkling of young clover a 
foot or so high in the oats when cut, and 
on October 16 following I made a light 
cutting of very nice hay. Last year it 
was cut twice, and had lodged badly all 
over both times ; had it been cut sooner, 
as it should have been, I feel quite sure 
I could have secured a third good cut¬ 
ting in one season. About one-fourth 
of the plot had a fair coat of manure in 
the spring of 1892; the rest has probably 
not had any for 20 years, and none of it 
even a fair, ordinary treatment of com¬ 
mercial fertilizers in that time. 
The neighbor’s field, richly manured 
and fertilized, and always treated in 
fh-st-class style, was seeded at the same 
time with wheat, and under, apparently, 
better conditions ; yet the growth has 
at no time equaled mine, and now his 
has mostly run “out,” while mine is as 
vigorous as ever, and a splendid stand. 
Why is this ? Is it because he pastured, 
I did not ? His evidently had the ad¬ 
vantage in every other way. Some Al¬ 
falfa accidentally sowed with the other 
seed, has made an astonishing growth. 
It was cut twice with the clover, and by 
October 1 last, had made the third 
growth of from 2 to 2% feet in the 
rather dry season, showing great possi¬ 
bilities here if given a fair show. Three 
heavy, and probably a fourth cutting, 
would seem easily possible, and the 
quality, judged from the cow’s point of 
view, is very satisfactory. 
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