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hay may be of better quality for milk cattle than that which is cut 



later. 



In saving clover hay due regard should be had for saving all the 

 leaves. The leaves are the. richest part of the plant and every effort 

 possible should be made to save them. 



Begin cutting after the dew is off and cut until two o'clock p. m. 

 Then begin to rake into windrows and finish before the cut clover 

 begins to get damp from the dew in the afternoon. The next day, after 

 dew is off, put into cocks and let it remain there for a day or two until 

 dry enough to put in a stack or in the barn. ^ 



It should dry in the shade as much as possible. 



When red clover is sown for purely hay purposes, it is well to sow 

 it with a mixture of grasses, such as will be ready to cut at the same 

 time the clover should be cut. For this purpose Orchard Grass, Red 

 Top, or Herds Grass, Tall meadow oat grass and Alsike clover. Timothy 

 comes into bloom too late for red clover and should be avoided as a 

 mixture for that plant. 



Mammoth Clover. 



Mammoth Clover is also known as Sapling Clover and Peavine Clover. 

 It seems to be a large variety of the common red clover and the treat- 

 ment in all respects is the same as for red clover, except that it ripens 

 later and Timothy fits in with it for hay. Mammoth clover on ac- 

 count of its lateness does not have as large second crop as red clover has. 

 Therefore the second, or aftermath as some call it, does not usually 

 mature seed in Mammoth clover. Consequently it has to be reseeded 

 unless the first crop is allowed to stand and make seed. 



On thin land Mammoth clover seems to do better than the common 

 red clover, but on rich lands it often grows too coarse to make the best 

 quality hay. 



Dodder in Clover. • 



One of the greatest enemies to clover is dodder or love vine as it is 

 often locally known. It is a pest that should be strictly avoided. If in 

 testing the clover seed dodder is found, refuse to sow them. But if 

 after every care is taken some shall appear, eradicate it at once by 

 cutting the stalks of clover close to the ground and take out every 

 piece that has dodder on it and burn it. If the field is badly infested, 

 plow it under and plant the field to some crop requiring cultivation for 

 two or three years so as to get rid of the dodder. 



TVhite Clover. 



White clover is well known by our farmers, therefore no minute de- 

 scription is necessary for that plant in this Bulletin. 



It makes a fine pasture and is also a good honey plant. It can well 

 go into a mixture for a permanent pasture. 



Alsike Clover. 



Alsike clover, as it becomes better known, gains in popularity. By 

 some it is supposed to be a cross between red clover and white clover, 

 but best authorities seem to regard it as a distinct clover, (Trifolium 



