16 A NEW TYPE OF RED CLOVER. 



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f Despite the numerous advantages possessed by this variety, it is 



not beheved that it will supplant our domestic form, but rather, on 

 account of its maturing between two cuttings of the latter, supple- 

 ment it, especially when continuous green feeding is necessary or 

 desirable. 



EFFECT OF LATENESS OF MATURING WHEN SEED PRODUCTION 



IS DESIRED. 



In many sections the lateness of this hairless strain of clover prom- 

 ises to be a drawback when it comes to seed production, as in years 

 when it is desired to secure seed it may be possible to secure only 

 either a light crop of hay from an early cutting, a small aftermath, 

 or a considerable amount of pasturage. 



SECTIONS PARTICULARLY SUITED TO THE CULTIVATION OF THE 



NEW TYPE. 



In such a region as the Willamette Valley of Oregon, or in any 

 other section where the best methods of management indicate that 

 only one crop, either of hay or seed, and a light aftermath, or some, 

 good pasturage can be advantageously expected from clover fields, 

 the extraordinarily heavy first crop, and the free seeding capacity of 

 the late hairless clover make it especially desirable; and under such 

 circumstances as these it can be recommended to take the place of 

 our domestic form. 



SEED OF NEW TYPE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM ORDINARY FORM. 



Another difficult, though not insurmountable, obstacle to the gen- 

 eral use of this variety lies in the fact that the seed itself is indistin- 

 guishable from that in common use. However, as soon as there is a 

 supply of seed and a demand for it, trustworthy dealers will no doubt 

 furnish seed upon which dependence may be placed. The Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has at the present time only sufficient seed of this 

 variety for experimental purposes and none for general distribution. 

 Farmers purchasing seed from foreign sources purporting to be of the 

 same kind are urged to take precautions against allowing an}' foreign 

 weed pests that may be readily imported with the seed to gain a foot- 

 hold in their fields. A number of the State experiment stations and 

 the Seed Laboratory of tliis Department make purity and germination 

 tests without charge; hence, a farmer before purchasing seed should 

 avail of these facilities for insuring himself against introducing into 

 his farm dangerous weeds or from bu3^ing seed of low germinating 

 power. 



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