1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
THE CRIMSON CLOVER REPORTS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
Partial and Complete Failures. 
I sowed Crimson clover August 7 in corn, 15 
pounds per acre. Corn cut September 27 and re¬ 
moved on account of the drought. Clover made 
little growth ; not one plant alive now, on the two 
acres sown. w. o. 
Davenport, Iowa. 
Crimson clover, plot 50x150 feet, sowed first 
week in September. A good stand was secured. 
Half of plot mulched with stable manure at the 
first freeze. An entire failure ; not three plants 
left on whole piece ; will not do for northeast 
Missouri. j. s. s. 
Hannibal, Mo. 
Crimson clover was sowed August 4, following 
early potatoes, on well-drained and well-manured 
clay soil. It has survived the winter all right—as 
well as the Medium—and looks fine now. I am 
inclined to think it would not live on undrained or 
wet soil, and in this respect, it is similar to 
Medium. c. F. o. 
Brookville, Ind. 
August 26, I sowed after tobacco. We had no 
rain until late in December ; very little came up. 
Nearly all that did, survived the winter—the 
coldest we have had for 40 years. I made no 
attempt to protect it. All that is alive looks well; 
growth rather slow so far. We have had no rain 
this spring, and but little warm weather. 
Daviess County, Ky. j. n. h. 
My Crimson clover is a complete failure. I 
sowed seed on two acres of oat stubble, August 
20, which started well, but was all winterkilled. I 
also sowed seed on an acre of corn stubble, 
August 24, and on one acre where the corn was 
still standing. This, too, started well, but was 
killed by the cold winter. I shall try again this 
summer. w. o. d. 
Suffolk County, N. Y. 
I sowed September 10, on a truck garden, and 
also on a sweet corn stubble, at the time of the 
first rain after the drought. Some scattering 
plants are alive. It grew nicely in the fall, and 
looked healthy until the March freezes. The land 
was good, and I think the seed I got was foreign. 
I have no suggestions, but will sow some again 
at the proper time. d. b. c. 
Mahoning County, O. 
I sowed Crimson clover seed September 26, in 
both apple and peach orchards. We had been 
having a severe drought, and there was hardly 
moisture enough to bring it up. It made very 
little growth. The winter was favorable, as we 
had plenty of snow. While I cannot say that it 
is a success here, I have a fairly good stand in 
places. It is about one inch high now. c. b. w. 
Douglas, Mich. 
I sowed the middle of August on two acres, at 
the last working of Soja beans, and also Septem¬ 
ber 8 on four acres of bean stubble. About 15 
per cent on the two-acre lot survived the winter; 
practically all on the four-acre lot is dead. Freez¬ 
ing heaved it out; small plants were lifted before 
winter set in; clusters of plants generally re¬ 
mained intact until the last 10 days of March. It 
must have a deep and strong root growth. One 
year’s experience shows that Crimson clover does 
not winterkill easily, but does heave out readily. 
Kittanning, Pa. d. a. p. 
I sowed on melon ground, after the crop was 
removed. The first crop was sown September 7 
—one peck of clover seed and five pecks of oats, 
on three-quarters of an acre The weather was 
favorable; the clover came up in three days and 
made good growth. The second lot was sown 
September 20—ground dry, poor growth. The 
first lot is all right except where smothered by a 
heavy growth of oats. The second lot is all gone. 
Thawing and freezing in March lifted it out. I 
would sow first to middle of August to insure 
good growth in the fall. l. w. r. 
Benton Harbor, Mich. 
I sowed some Crimson clover seed in July, in 
rows about seven feet apart across a flower bed 
along my driveway. The bed is four to five feet 
wide, ridged up by back furrowing with a plow. 
The seed came up and grew so that it nearly cov¬ 
ered the ground with its branches, but did not 
run up to stalk. The wind kept the snow blown 
off clean all winter, and the clover is nearly all 
frozen dead. I also scattered some seed along by 
the side of this bed, where the ground was about 
one foot lower, and the snow lodged, giving it 
some protection ; considerable of the clover is 
living, and looks thrifty now. The thermometer 
registered 14 degrees below zero. t. m. r. 
Fairview, Pa. 
In accordance with the advice of The R. N.-Y., 
I sent to Delaware last summer, and procured 30 
pounds of Crimson clover seed, and sowed it on 
1 %. acre of land, which had previously grown a 
crop of potatoes. Part of the ground had corn 
growing in the potatoes, and the clover seed 
was sown in the corn about the middle of 
August. The ground was so dry that it came up 
very unevenly, and did not make much growth 
before winter set in, except in a hollow atone end 
of the field. Being afraid that it might not sur¬ 
vive the winter, I sowed wheat with the clover, 
intending to make hay of them both, and then 
turn under the stubble and set cauliflower and 
Brussels sprouts. Most of the Crimson clover is 
dead, and what is alive doesn’t grow; it looks 
red. In the hollow where the wheat grew tall 
and rank, and protected the clover, it looks well. 
Crimson clover is a failure. Experiment No. 1. 
Cioriclusions : Where the thermometer goes to 
zero, Crimson clover must have protection, and as 
we have no snow on the east end of Long Island, 
something must take its place. I suggest for ex¬ 
periment No. 2, to sow Crimson clover not later 
than August 1, with oats or barley in rows one 
foot apart, so that it will fall down and mulch the 
clover through the winter. Roll the ground. I 
don’t know what to do with my wheat. If I cut it 
for the grain, it will be late to turn it over for 
sprouts, and cauliflower. Will it make good hay, 
or would I better turn it under for green manure? 
Orient, L. I. c. L. y. 
R. N.-Y.—“ Cut it for hay,” is our advice. We 
would not be surprised if the winter oats grown 
so largely in Delaware, proved to be the needed 
winter companion for Crimson clover. 
I sowed plot No. 1 of Crimson clover July 28, on 
an old strawberry bed freshly plowed. The seed 
was covered with the smoothing harrow. It was 
a fair catch, and has survived the winter, coming 
out from under the snow as green as a leek, in 
spite of the blizzard with the mercury 16 degrees 
below zero. March was a trying month, bare 
ground and the thermometer at zero several 
times; clover was somewhat singed, but has come 
out all right. Plot No. 2 was sowed September 
16, after early potatoes; a good catch and a fair 
growth, but few plants are alive at this date, ex¬ 
cept where the ground did not heave; heaving 
kills it, it not being large enough to hold its own. 
Wayne County, N. Y. A. G. R. 
I sowed four acres of orchard Septemper 5. 
Just at present it is in all stages of growth, from 
just coming up, to plants five-eighths of an inch 
through just below the crown and seven inches 
long. In the low places, where the snow covered 
the ground, it seemed to do the best. In patches, 
it has not come up as yet, but I think it will im¬ 
prove largely. From ray experience so far, I am 
not discouraged. I shall sow next fall, but will 
use potash and bone dust. Those plants which 
had a good start in the fall, did well; the larger 
the plant, the less the winter seemed to hurt it, is 
the result of my observations. Like all legumes, 
I think it must have potash and phosphoric acid. 
In the future, I shall act on this conviction, for 
the potash and phosphoric acid will be in the 
farm’s bank and not lost, should the clover faii 
to grow. I am also convinced from observation, 
that the seed requires sowing deeper than Red 
clover. H. m. m. 
Van Buren County, Mich. 
A Failure in Wisconsin.— August 24, three acres 
were sown, most of it among standing corn, and 
some in a melon patch adjoining. A light culti¬ 
vator made of half-inch harrow teeth, was used 
to stir the soil in order to cover the seed. In the 
melon rows, as well as the corn rows, the seed 
was left uncovered; about two weeks after sow¬ 
ing the seed, we had sufficient rain to start the 
growth; a week later the corn stalks were cut, 
and the melon vines were left on the ground 
where they grew, for a slight mulch. The seed 
sown in the rows started growth somewhat later, 
but it all seemed to grow later on. In order to 
save at least some of the plants over winter, straw 
and coarse hay or flags were used on about one 
acre, as a mulch; this was put on the ground 
about November 21, at which time the ground 
was pretty well covered with as fine clover plants 
as we ever raised; it promised well at that time. 
Nearly every day, the field was visited, and fre¬ 
quently the roots were examined and the nodules 
sized up. The conclusions arrived at then, were 
that should it get winterkilled, it would even pay 
to sow it when it could be done. As soon as the 
snow went off, the field was again gone over and 
plants examined daily, for a number of days in 
succession. To-day, we reluctantly say, good bye, 
Crimson clover; every plant is dead so far as we 
have been able to see. This failure is undoubtedly 
owing to the very dry condition of the soil, and 
the severe frosts without snow to cover the 
ground for a long period. We know of no way 
to get it through the winter. The portion of the 
field mulched, didn’t apparently assist the young 
plants to withstand the cold weather. In the face 
of this complete failure, we shall again sow 
Crimson clover. j. v. l. 
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