Field research notebook of N.E. Hansen. Alfalfa and clover plats planted July 20, 1907. Varieties studied originated from Norway, Turkistan, Russia, Siberia, Sweden, Lapland, and South America. Handwritten

N.E Hansen's research notebook regarding field experiments for grasses and grains in 1888 and 1889. The field consisted of 66 plots. He studied 92 varieties in total including: 22 grasses, 9 clovers, 20 wheats, 23 oats, 14 barleys, 1 rye. Hansen was assisted by John M. Aldrich, Alvah George Cross, and J.G. Ross.

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93. The species may be Alpestre. The native red clover from Vyatka, near Perm in the northern Volga River section of eastern Russia. This is about 58 degrees. A drought-resistance steppe clover.

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143. The wild red clover from Ufa province of the Volga River region, Russia. This seed came from the Sterlitamak and Ufa provinces, have been found to be the est forms of the Russian red clover.

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216. A promising wild clover from the dry steppes of the Samara province of the northern Volga River region, eastern Russia.

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227. A wild red clover from the Samara province of the northern Volga River region of eastern Russia. Allied to the common red clover but not of the same species.

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271. The wild red clover from Olonets province, northeast of St. Petersburg, Russia, and hence promising for very cold rather moist regions.

Research notebook for N.E. Hansen's experiments with grasses, clovers, and forage that were conducted near the Hunter Salzer Farm by Mellet, South Dakota in 1897 with remarks about 1896. The first part of the notebook discusses his experiments on 38 plots, which included numerous varieties of grasses, oats, wheat, alfalfa, clovers, and corn. The notebook also details his research on an additional 64 plots of grasses and forage plants. The notes include his assessments of the varieties and comments regarding the weather.

Field research notebook of N. E. Hansen. Alfalfa and clover grasses planted May 1908. Varieties studied originated from Norway, Turkistan, Russia, Siberia, Sweden, Lapland, and South America. Several varieties came from the Moscow Agricultural College (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy).

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138. Seed originally selected from one plant of a will steppe clover from the Razah province, Volga River region, central eastern Russia. Seed selected by Prof. Williams, Moscow agricultural college.

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142. A native clover from the RazN POCINXW. Worthy of trial although not especially promising The present seed is the third or fourth generation at Moscow in the hands of Prof. Williams.

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213. The wild red clover as found native at Omsk, Siberia. Here it occurs sparingly in the steppes.

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217. The wild red clover as found in the dry steppes at Sarapul, Vyatka province of the norther Volga Riber region, of eastern Russia. Sarapul is about 56 degrees 25’ north latitude.

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252. The Toten clover which is cultivated over large areas of Norway on account of its extreme hardiness. It is descended from a wild plant found at Toten, Norway, by a peasant in about 1850. This form has sometimes been called “Trifolium pratense Norvegica”.

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253. The Norwegian red clover, No. 439 of A. Michelet, Christiana, Norway. The agronomists of Norway claim that the native red clover is hardier than that introduced from America, and the plant is much smoother. I found the same claim as to greater freedom from hairiness of plant, causing the hay to be freer from dust, made for the native red clovers of Finland and Russia.

Field research notebook of N.E. Hansen. Alfalfa, grasses, corn, flax, wheat, millet, sorghum and clover plats planted 1906. Some plats identified as being in Highmore, South Dakota. The notebook mentions plats that were taken from prairie land. Handwritten.

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118. A NATIVE CLOVER FROM THE DRY STEPPES OF TOBOL’SK, WESTERN Siberia, where it endures -40 degrees F. The seeds should be scratched with sand or by the Svalof clover scratching method to insure germination the first year. Otherwise many of the seeds will not germinate until the second year.

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134. A wild clover from Samara province, of the Volga River region of eastern Russia. Some authorities call this trifolium medium. It is highly regarded as a drought-resistant clover for dry steppes where it is found native.

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226. Seed of a wild clover gathered when the plants were frozen on moist soil near Irkutsk, on Lake Baikal, eastern Siberia.