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honey. Some bee-keepers claim to have found them valuable 

 for pasturage and for hay. I have wished and tried to use 

 them, but my horses and cow would not co-operate. The 

 Bokhara clover is only a variety of the above. 



Fig. 



Affalfa in Bloom. 

 rt, b Seed pods. 



-From A. I. Root Co. 



cSeed. 



The other clovers— lucerne, yellow trefoil, scarlet trefoil, 

 and alfalfa— (Figs. 219, 220 and 221) have not proved of any 

 value in Michigan, perhaps owing to locality. The alfalfa is 

 valued highly for bees in the Western States. In California, 

 Nevada, Arizona and Colorado it is a marvelous plant for both 



