Sowing Clover Seed

Those who have not yet sown nor procured their clover seed, should remernber the resul t of experiments, published in the Cultivator some years ago, which proved, that cloverseed kept over one summer, would be dear at halfprice. This seed greatly deteriorates by age ; henee care should be taken to have it as fresh as possible. Experiments performed in England have shown that clover seed does best when but very slightly covered, or very near or at the surface of the earlh. Thirteen compartments or beds sown, the seed in each sucessive one beingburied a quarter ofan inch deeper than the preceding ; and varying from merely springling on the surface, to three inches deep. The following nuiubers indicate the number of plants which come up in each bed from an equal number of seed, each successive one being a quarter ofan inch deeper : - 17,16, 14,11, 11,8,4,4,0, 0,0,0. From no depth to about one inch, the seed mosily carne up. Henee the impolicy of covering cloverseed with a heavy harrovv ; washing in by rain on fresh earth, or working in by the crumbling influence of frost being better.