Wm. A. Taylor,
Chief of Bureau.

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

[CONTENTS.]

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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]