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THE FARMERS' HANDBOOK. 



Perennial Clovers. 



The perennial varieties seem to do best in the cooler districts of the 

 State — on the coast and tablelands — in fact temperate conditions are 

 essential to their growth. 



Perennial Red and Cow Grass Clover (Trifolium pratense perenne). 

 The difference between these two clovers is that the former has a solid, 



and the latter a hollow stem. The Cow 

 Grass clover appears also to be more per- 

 manent and vigorous than the ordinary 

 Red clover, which formerly did not set 

 seed, and generally soon disappeared in a 

 pasture. Latterly, however, it hardly ever 

 fails to set seed, and for this reason is 

 steadily improving its popularity. For 

 coastal and elevated tableland pastures it 

 should be included in every mixture of 

 Cocksfoot and Perennial Rye at the rate 

 of 4 lb. of seed per acre, or it can be used 

 as a rotation crop, when 1 2 lb. of seed per 

 acre should be sown. 



An improved sti'ain known as Chilian 

 clover is recommended as being more per- 

 manent and more drought-resistant than 

 the foregoing. 



White or Dutch Clover [Trifolium 

 repens). 



This well-known clover occurs spon- 

 taneously in coastal and tableland pastures, 

 and it should be combined with most grass 

 mixtures at the rate of 4 lb. seed per acre. 

 It appears to be the only clover which will 

 grow successfully with Paspalum, and it 

 should always be added to the latter, 

 as by this means a balanced ration is 

 obtained. 



An undoubtedly improved strain of 

 White clover is Ladino clover. This 

 variety has a much wider leaf and pro- 

 duces fully three times the growth of 



Chilian Clover (Trifolium pratense : - r< m e). the ordinary strain. 



Alsike Clover (Trifolum Uybridum). 



Particularly suited to the Monaro and Xew England districts. This is a 

 good clover to have in pastures on good soils in cold districts generally. 



