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tural Experiment Station.) These results have been verified 

 on thousands of farms throughout the Corn Belt. 



There are three common kinds of clover of general impor- 

 tance to the farmer. They are, in the order of their im- 

 portance: the common red or June clover, mammoth or 

 sapling clqver, and the Swedish or Alsike. The common red 

 is the most extensively grown of these varieties. It will do 

 well on most of the common prairie soils of the Corn Belt. 

 It differs from the other two varieties in that it gives two 

 crops in one season, either two crops of hay or a crop of 

 hay and a crop of seed. 



Alsike will do well on any soil that common red clover 

 will thrive on and in addition it will grow on soils that are 

 too wet for the common. 



Mammoth clover is distinctly the clover for sandy and 

 other poor soils. It will get along on soils too thin and too 

 dry for either medium or Alsike to thrive on at all. This 

 is the best clover for soiling purposes. If a soil is very sour 

 and lacking in lime, it will not grow the clovers or other 

 legumes until these conditions have been remedied. Two 

 thousand pounds of limestone applied about once in every 

 four years will correct the acidity in most soils and make it, 

 not only possible, but easy to grow clovers and other legumes. 

 The application of limestone to the soils of Southern Illinois 

 has made possible the growing of clover on thousands of acres 

 that were too acid before the application of lime was made. 

 Clover has been grown successfully for years in central and 

 northern Illinois without the application of limestone, al- 

 though the soil would doubtless be benefited and the clover 

 crop helped by its application. 



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We always sow clover in a nurse crop of wheat or oats. 

 This is not only the profitable method, but it is best to have 



