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This is necessary- in order to escape the red clover 

 midge, which has proved so disastrous to the raising 

 of red clover seed in most parts of Ontario for several 

 years. The larvae from the first brood of the midge 

 is deposited in the clover heads immediately they 

 appear and before the bloom shows (when the midge 

 are numerous very^ little bloom ever appears). 

 When the clover is cut at this time and cured for 

 hay most of the lar\'ae are destroyed, and, even if 

 any survive, the second growth of clover will be in 



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full bloom before the second brood of midge are de- 

 veloped. Occasionally we get a good crop of red 

 clover seed by cutting the first crop late — say July, 

 so that the second growth of clover will bloom 

 between the second and third broods of midge; but 

 this is uncertain, and has not nearly the same ad- 

 vantage as is gained by destroying the midge by 

 cutting early. 



If the first growth has been pastured, the cattle 

 should be taken off by the 10th of June and the land 



