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AN ESSAY ON CLOVER.
Read Before (he Woodstock Agricultural
Club by Mr. li. i?. Daniel, a l ull Anuty«i«
cr^iu«: u u ; 9 Wo:,ar'l'J
Organic Properties.
Woodstock, Dec. 6 th, 1884.
To the Oglethorpe Agricultural Club:
Gentlemen—I n reporting to you the
results ot an investigation ot facts
ing to the nature, cultivation, uses,
of Red Clover, the writer has thought
best to arrange the matter of the report
by fi r8 t dividing it into a number ot in
terrogative heads, , , and then to give all ,,
the , collated ........ facts, m such , order , as they ,,
are elicited bv these interrogatiens.
In _ formulating - , the statements . , , to , , bo
found . , in . the , report, . all speculations have ,
avoided . , , far .. possible, ., , r,. hmee
been as as
the sole object of the article is to present
a sufficient number of well established
facts, so arranged as to enable any com¬
mon farmer by them to handle clover
successfully.
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION.
Having seed pods, blossom like that of
a pea, thin leaf. Order, Leguminosao;
Suh Order, Fapilionaceaj; Tribe, Trifo
liae; Genus, Frifolium; Species, Trifo¬
lium Prateuse.
HISTORY.
The writer does not know the origin
of the plant. It was introduced into
England about the year 1633, and was
cultivated there before the true grasses
were. It began to be used in this coun¬
try about the first of last century. There
was considerable prejudice against it at
first, but that lias passed, and it is now
widely cultivated. Thomas Jefferson, in
one of his letters from France in 1784,
mentioned “Red Clover” as a cultivated
plant in that country, and stated that it
was rotated with other crops under a
three years system.
NATURE.
In northern latitudes it is biennial.
In southern climates it lives at least
three or four years, perhaps longer. Its
growth is erect, Horn tno to lour feet
high. It has a large tap root which
grows deeply into the ground, and by its
vital action brings up fertilizing elements
from the subsoil to that on the surface.
These roots, after a time, loosen the soil
and supply it with a great stock of richly
amoniated vegetable matter. Like the
other herbaceous legumes, this plant con
tains a relatively large amount of nitro
gen which is derived from the ammonia
appropriated by the atmosphere. Before
the plant becomes well rooted it may he
ensily killed by drought or excessive
heat of the sun, but after rooting and de
velopiugjleaves sufficient to shade the
ground, it is comparatively independent
of drought and beat. Like all other
plants it exhales moisluie.
chemical analysis, INORGANIC.
When green, in 1,000 parts of the plant
there are of carbon, hydrogen and oxy
gen, 201 2 ; water, 780; nitrogen, 0 . 1 ;
potash, 4.4; soda, 0.3; lime, 4.8; mag
nesia, 1.5; phosphoric acid, 1 . 1 ; sul
phuric acid, 0.2; silica, 0.3. When dry,
in bay, in 1,000 parts of the hay there is
of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, 704.6;
water, 100 ; nitrogen, 19.5 ; potash, 18.3;
soda, 1 . 2 ; lime, 20 ; magnesia, 6.1 ; phos
phoric acid, 5.6; sulphuric acid, 17 ;
silica, 1.4. The carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen of all plants are derived from the
air, and from water, but while most
plants take but very little amonia from
the air the legumes seem capable of ims
propriating almost their entire stock of
nitrogen from that source after their
roots and f diage are once developed.
This being the case one may ea-ily de
lermine what elements are taken from
the soil, and in what quantity each of
them is taken by the clover by simply
leaving out of the table the hydrogen,
carbon, oxygen, the water and the nitro
gen, for , as has , been , said, . , the clover , pro- ..
cures these elements not from the soil
but from the air and water.
*« m \ m "■,
Clay lands are those having a large
per cent, of clay. Where the surface is
sandy and the subsoil of clay it may be
rendered suitable by turning up the clay
| to the surface. It is useless to sow clo
ver on very poor land, such as will not
from 10 to 15 bushels ot wheat
Ptr aCre 58 U, ° P00r ’ h Wi “ n0t U ; rive
on wqI hinds nor on any bottom lund un
less it is thoroughly underdrained.
! lands containing a large per cent of lime
are best for clover. But generally speak
iug a good wheat soil is a good clover
80 j|_
preparation of Land.
The land should be prepared in the
j early fall, as if for the production oi a
1 good crop of wheat, by close and deep
Plowing and a good barrowing.
| ™»E OF early fall but it
Best to sow in the ’even may
Uo wf -ll sown in February or later.
Mr. Howard saw a fine - crop of , it in Mor
gan county which was sown as late as
April. Jt does well sown along with
wheat or oats, or if not sown at the same
t me with them it may be sown on the
grain in the early spring. \Vhen tins is
done the wheat or other graju should be
' harrowed over, a no from ten to fifteen
pounds , of , clover , seed . scattered ., over each
acre. When When sowed ,„« w l uith with grain -rain it it does ooes
not grow rar.idly, but is almost dormant
until tbe grain is cut off. it does nol
perceptibly injure the grain to have the
VOL. XI—N o. 19.
clover growing among it.
C081 OF SEED.
About $5 in most southern markets,
this is an enormous price compared
with the cost of saving them. It takes
from 7 * to 15 P ound »! P erha P s 10 P° uuds
' vou ld be l he best » owin 8- ^ 8hould
>c , ra ^ e , * u w ‘ lb 11 brUsb
illuuzlrs.
,, ".o«t plan* it „ necessary that
there be a good per cent, ot amonia in¬
corporated with the compound, but by
referring to what lias been said concern
ing *> the chemical analysis and nature of
this plant will be that . . ., does , not
| it seen it
require an amoinated fertilizer alter , it
, has developed , , , to some extent, lint ,, it is
generally conceded as best to applv , an
6 -
automated , compound , to . it when , nn-t ,
; 1
sown in order to secure a good “catch,”
but afterwards amonia would be thrown
away on it, as numerous experiments
have proven that the administering of
amonia produces no good results. When
first sown apply 250 or 300 pounds of
ammoniated superphosphate or from 30
to 50 bushels ef cotton seed per acre.
After this it will require only such ele¬
ments as are found in its ashes, viz.: pot¬
ash, lime, phosphoric acid, sulphuric ac¬
id, magnesia, soda, etc. And all these
elements are found inasoluble condition
in superphosphates of lime generally
known as acid phosphate and kainit.
Acid phosphate contains phosphoric ac¬
id, sulphate of lime and superphosphate
of lime, and the kainit has sulphate of
potash, magnesia and soda. It benefits
clover to scatter sulphate of lime (land
plaster) ever it as a top dressing. It is
thought to assist in fixing the utrnos
phcric ammonia.
TIME TO CUT HAY.
When a portion of the heads begin to
turn brown the plant should be cut for
hay. Earlier than this it is too watery,
later it is too woody. The hay may be
very useful or very worthless, according
to the time it is cut.
now T0 CUBE pnoi'EltLY.
The great ohjict is to euro clover, as
, nuch as possible, in the shade. To ef
fcct this u!1 authorities agree that it
ghou , ( , bo cut iu the morning after the
(]ew is ()ff> Hnd j„ the afternoon, when
wilteredi it Hb(m id | K , thrown up with a
fork i|l|( , 8mall cocki(i eaeb to contain ns
1W will make from 40 to 50 pounds
f)f bay H()lne authorities teach that the
coc , (8 8bou |,) be t()rn ( i, )W „ lu ,d exposed
t0 the sun for a while on the morning
af(er (ho cutting| flm l t |iem hauled right
awftjr t() tbe banli but the welgb t „f te,
timony goes to show that it is better to
j eftve [ be eo C k Bi aa first made, from three
t0 four d(iys> or aL | eaHt until it is so dry
tbftt moisture will not exude from the
8 t em8 when twisted between the fingers,
When in this condition the cocks should
be turned up the sun for n little time—
n n hour or so—then hauled to the barn,
While storing the hay some persons
think best to apply from 4 to 6 quarts of
salt to each ton. Cured according to the
method indicated the leaves and tender
parts of the plant may be preserved on
tirely.
quantity of hay per ACHE.
Rich land will yield from 2 to 3 tons
of hay per acre. Ilay is as sure a crop
as corn, wheat or cotton, and it sells at
120 per ton.
hkuond crops.
The second crop of clover should stand
for seed, and after they are gathered the
plants should be turned under. WUeth
er the seeds are, or are not gathered, the
second crops should be turned in.
pasturage.
Mr. Howard and others say that no
stock should be turned on clover until
it is iu blossom, for by so doing it will
be killed out. Before turning horse* or
cattle into a clover field we should take
t], e precaution to feed them well and not
give , them , salt , , for twenty four , hours , be- ,
forehand. If they are hungry when let
to the clover they may overeat them
“"“T very valuable 1 ;!...... pasturage for all kinds of
livestock. It is especial good for hogs.
In this connection it should be remem
bered that clover, as well as all other
forage plants, should he very lightly
pastured in midsummer, as it is essential
that a sufficient growth be left to protect
tU r ° 0tB f> ° m lUeh0t H “" Shi “ e -
value OF CLOVER AH a STOCK FOOD. ..
All who have had any experience in
, thc feeding of clover testify to its great
va | U0- It is declared to make the best
, )f bay for m jj cb cows, grsatly increasing
! the flow of milk. It is also said to be
equal to any bay, except timothy, lu
j ceroe an(J vetch, for working animals.
1 ,\c Cor< iing to a table of nutritive equivo
! j enta as formulated by Iioussingault,
Jled clover stands to oats as 60 to 75, to
I «« as 70 to 75. That is 7 pounds of
oats are equal to 7} pounds of clover hay
7 pounds of corn are equivalent to 7J
pounds of ot hay. hav 51 oj pou.nas nounds 01 of rve tyc to to 7 / 1
pounds of hay; 2 ] pounds of peas to li
pounds of hay. But taking an average
of values as ascertained by numerous ex
peri,nets in the actual feeding of stock
j it is found tliat 9 pounds of Lay
equivalent to C| pounds of oats; 8 pounds
of bay to 5j pounds of corn, 5j pounds
of rye. in to J i nnnnds pounds of 01 hav nay ■ , 5 > nounds ptun of
peas p.as.r to 91 H pounds of hav. Anyone may
- '
understand trom this uat uj f. ju jus , > f
corn are to be given at a feed, 8 pounds
jot bay will iuruish equivalent nourish-
ment. That is, 8 pounds of hay when
taken into the system will augment the
weight of the animal to the same degree
that 6 J pounds of corn will. One pound
of hay is equal to 4 or 5 pounds of green
clover, so it would take about 25 pounds
of green clover to substitute 5$ pounds
of corn, or 35 pounds of it to substitute
the nourishment of 8 pounds ot cleaned
oats. According to a table given in the
Farmers’ Scientific Manuel the albumi¬
noids in clover are to the carh-livdrates
as 1 to 2.2. That is, the muscle-forming
principle is to the heating and fattening
principle as 1 to 2.2. In corn it is tabu¬
lated as 1 to 6 ; in oats, 1 to 5 ; in peas,
1 to 1 8 . Wc see from this that a greater
ratio goes to muscle from the hay than
from any of these feeds except peas.
Peas are the greatest of the muscle pro¬
ducers. In order to insure best results
clover should be fed along with corn or
oats, giving a half feed of curn and a
half feed of hay.
VALUE AS A FERTILIZER.
From what has been said concerning
the nature of clover, one might readily
deduce that i t is a valuable soil fertilizer,
and indeed numerous experiments all
lend to prove that it does benefit land in'
many ways, Through the combined
agency of its foliage and roots the ground
is shaded during the period of greatest
sun-heat, the earth is thoroughly loosen¬
ed and made permeable loa great depth,
the subsoil salts arc brought to the sur¬
face and the whole of the soil is filled
with a great stock of richly ammoniated
humus which will supply succeeding
crops with nitrogen (the most costly ele¬
ment in all commercial fertilizers). To
renovate worn lands and to preserve the
standard of soils already fertile, it is gen¬
erally thought that nothing is better,
cheaper, or more practicable than the
growing un them of the leguminous
plants, such as peas, clover, vetch, etc.
To obtain the best results with clover,
authorities advocate a rotation of crops.
For instance, after clover has become
web set, that is after it has gone to seed
and been turned under, we may the next
year plant in cotton, alter the cotton wo
may sow oats, after the oats wheat may
he sown. The clover will grow slowly
among tlie wheat until it is cut then the
plants will rapidly develop. After the
wheat crop the land should he allowed
to stand in clover alone for a year or two
then it may be again rotated. By taking
in a section each year a farmer might
soon get his plantation sot in clover, and
by a judicious system of rotation lie
could perpetuate it. The legumus when
used as soil fertilizers must bo assisted
with their ash elements, which are found
in acid phosphate ami kainit.
THE SOUTHERN FltOULE.W.
Dr. CUirr.v* of IticluiiomJ* Vn., I'ropliCHlen tlie
Future of flic Colored Race.
Dr. J. L M. Curry, of Richmond, Vn.,
Superintendent of the IVaboily fund,
d ,^' ,X \ istlln"
n :hi KU-nnmU
of the Southern Problem,” at the Clin
ton Avenue Congregational Church,
Brooklyn. Ho said: 1 wenty years
of’App., m‘" uox° iTil a brief^penod
t ., Christianize a race. The Saxons re
mained in bondage for centuries. Feud
alism is still extant iu Lnrope. Less
llbo'raS^mbXrimn and Zpotisim
jj„ , VU8 ),,,,, ,;,t by so-called Christian
people. In 1860 the slaves of the South
were the most civilized negroes on the
'^GrnmsXmis iind^M^Semr'hV and
all the untile influences But of properly con
trolled ambition. they have pro
grossed rapidly since then. Nearly a
million of colored c.Ut.di-u are enrolled
C( ,i| r ges devoted to the education of the
negro'in the South. the The problem elevation of the of
the negro is for us
century. Much is being done I n these
people. ^ As a Southern man, 11 eel it a
|)rivi|oge t() t h 0 Northern
men and women who have so bravely
labored lor the solution of this problem.
,.4 through your efforts know in the of principal nothing
c jties in the Houtli. I
which will remove sectional animosity
(^AeUnd'tffcducaUom “
j| “I (mow no reason why to-day the
y* r 0 ! q b at)d (be South should not labor
hand in Inin I and heart to heart iu this
fmtdesiretbe education°of <J So?
the
yy e ufjjto them as are 8hunt-.se
twins to one another. A northern news
Wcr ^uSSfoSof the neTro! iViTfcUe!
j.< 3 ,,^ ; ast y,. ar the whites ot the South
$14,009,059 purposes—paid of 810,000,000 expended of
for educational it out
their poverty ami bankruptcy. Nothing
^ ^‘vintages cotleetexl. ofln'edcatio^w hen That
f um ] wa8
“I have heard much of the coming tri
umph of the South
j ^ g arat>to!l and Co-q.att
an d Gordon are our best. God forbid
that I should say anything to reflect up
on them. It will not be a triumph or
Bt , c0ss ; o „ oro f slavery. Only contempt
ibie ()() Utieiaas make capita f of this, and
they wear no garment but a bloody shirt.
The vanquishing will not be in giving
T e T.l-y will ^ H
comea> i„ quelling prejudice, in lifting
oul>< .| V es to a plane of Christian Live,
helping the lowly to acquire intelligence,
1 self resnect, V, true manhood and true we
mannooil. , , i ms : v| vie ,_ orv fV wi i.t q prove nniVe tnat that
poverty and defeat were divine blessings
if they bring out heroism and courage,
and patriotism and nobility of spirit,”—
| A: Y. World, Jtn. 28th.