156 rkxxie's agriculture. 



or more, if the weather is hot and dry. The proper 



place to cure both red clover and alfalfa is in the 



rick. Hay caps (see III. 78) are very little used in 



this country on account of the expense. They cost 



about forty cents each. 



cio°vTr n for The Province of Ontario is especially adapted 



^and 13 ™ 651 *"° the growing of both red clover and alsike for seed, 



Threshing. and an immense quantity is exported to Great 



Britain and Europe annually. The seed from alsike 



matures in the first growth. It is fertilized by the 



78. HAY CAP. 



honey bees distributing the pollen as soon as it comes 

 into bloom, also by the wind scattering the pollen 

 from the stamen to the pistil flowers. 



For the best success in raising alsike seed it is 

 advisable that a few colonies of bees be kept in the 

 neighborhood, and then with the wind and bees it 

 may reasonably be expected that the clover bloom 

 will be well fertilized, and without fertilization there 

 can be no seed. It is a most important consideration 

 in growing alsike clover for seed to have it free from 

 weed seeds. "The Seed Control Act" passed by 



