PLANTS OF THE CLOVER FAMILY. 8 1 



Cultivation. As with medium red clover, no 

 cultivation is required. (See Page 74.) What is 

 said of medium clover under the head of cultivation 

 will apply equally to the mammoth variety. 



Pasturing. Much of what has been stated in 

 regard to the pasturing of medium red clover will 

 apply with equal propriety to the pasturing of mam- 

 moth clover. (See Page 75.) Like medium 

 clover, it will furnish pasture well adapted to the 

 needs of all kinds of live stock grown upon the farm. 

 Animals may be turned in on it as soon in the 

 spring as it will furnish them plentifully with food. 

 It is even more important not to let the clover get 

 beyond the power of the animals to crop it back than 

 when pasturing the medium variety. And it is 

 equally important that cattle and sheep shall not be 

 allowed to pasture upon it at will while hungry, 

 more especially when it is wet from dew or rain. It 

 will not furnish much pasture in the autumn, 

 whether it has been grazed during the season pre- 

 viously or cut for hay. 



When the clover is to be cut for seed, it may 

 sometimes prove an excellent plan to graze it off 

 closely for a time in the early spring, lest the ener- 

 gies of the plants become too much concerned in the 

 production of a superabundant growth of stems 

 and leaves. On soils pre-eminently adapted to 

 the growth of clover this precaution should not be 

 neglected. 



While the pasturing should be close, it should 

 not be long continued, or the development of the 

 plants may not be sufficient to produce a maximum 

 crop of seed. This result is certain to follow pro- 

 longed-pasturing if the weather should turn dry. It 

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