LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Bureau or Plant Industry,
Office or the Chief,
Washington, D. C., June 12, 1915.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as a Farmers' Bulletin the accompanying manuscript entitled "Crimson Clover: Growing the Crop." This has been prepared by Mr. J. M. Westgate, Agronomist in Charge of Clover Investigations, and has been submitted by Prof. C. V. Piper, Agrostologist in Charge of Forage-Crop Investigations, with a view to publication. It is expected that this bulletin will be followed soon by other bulletins, each treating of some particular phase of this important crop.

Respectfully,

Wm. A. Taylor,
Chief of Bureau.

Hon. D. F. Houston,
Secretary of Agriculture.

[CONTENTS.]

	Page.
Introduction	[3]
History and present distribution of crimson clover	[3]
Requirements for obtaining and maintaining a stand of crimson clover	[5]
Preparation of the Seed bed	[6]
Fertilizers for crimson clover	[6]
Liming soils for crimson clover	[7]
Inoculation for crimson clover	[8]
Seeding crimson clover	[8]
Various methods of seeding crimson clover	[9]
Seeding crimson clover in intertilled crops	[10]
Seeding crimson clover after early-maturing crops	[12]
Seeding crimson clover with late summer-seeded annual crops	[13]
Crimson clover in mixtures with other legumes and grain	[13]
Seeding crimson clover alone	[15]
Treatment of crimson clover stands after seeding	[15]

[ILLUSTRATIONS.]

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Fig.	1.	A single plant of crimson clover.	[4]
	2.	A crimson-clover failure on ground too poor in humus	[5]
	3.	Seeding crimson clover in corn at the last cultivation	[10]
	4.	Crimson clover in an old cornfield	[11]
	5.	Crimson clover and wheat in mixture	[14]