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Fig. 144. Clover Dodder (Cwscwta epithymum). A yellow twining plant on 



clover and alfalfa. 

 (Photographed by Colburn.) 



Fig. 144-A. Distribution of Clover Dodder. 



badly contaminated should be plowed before the seed has formed, 

 or the crop cut early for hay and the land then plowed. Clover 

 seed should never be taken from fields infested with this pest." 



The Wisconsin Farmer states : ' ' The problem of dodder control 

 is strongly influenced by the character of the crop infested. Red 

 clover remains but two, or at most but three, years without re- 

 seeding. If the dodder is prevented from seeding it should be 

 eradicated within this time, or at least not interfere with the 

 course of crop rotation. Alfalfa should remain indefinitely, and 



