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cost of seed sown by neighboring farmers in 

 order that they might profit by the honey. 

 Alsike and white or Dutch clover are especially 

 valuable for this double purpose. When clover 

 is gi'own for seed an arrangement satisfactory 

 to both farmer and beekeeper may be made, as 

 the presence of large numbers of bees greatly 

 facilitates pollination of the blossoms, with the 

 result that a larger crop of clover seed will be 

 secured. 



Sweet clover has long been a favorite with 

 beekeepers, because of its abundant nectar 

 secretion. For many years it was regarded as 

 a weed, and its introduction was regarded with 

 disfavor by farmers. In one locality of my 

 acquaintance a beekeeping farmer so stirred his 

 neighbors by sowing a small field of sweet 

 clover that they sought to have him prosecuted 

 for introducing noxious weeds. Sweet clover 

 has now come into its own in that locality; 

 many farmers are growing it, and the original 



