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in the season, the yield varying from three-fourths of a ton to two 

 tons at each cutting. The hay contains from twelve to sixteen per 

 cent, of crude protein, varying according to the fertility of the soil. 

 The yield of seed ranges from three to nine bushels, of sixty pounds 

 each, per acre. It is one of the best money crops of the eastern 

 fanner, and is an excellent one for pasturage, soiling, hay, or to turn 

 under for green manure. 



FIG. 37. White clover (Trijolium repens). 



Trifolinm procumbens (Hop clover ; yellow clover ; shamrock 

 clover ; brown clover ; lesser clover ; low hop clover ; hop trefoil). 

 A low, annual, yellow-flowered species, with spreading or ascend- 

 ing stems, widely naturalised in the eastern and southern states. It 

 is common on sandy fields and roadsides, and furnishes scanty 

 pasturage for stock in early summer. It resembles Japan clover, 

 and in the south is often mistaken for it. 



