do all right on loose ground; but in a dry time I 

 thinK it would be a complete failure. 



I now have several hives of bees, and I wanted 

 tue clover for my bees, and also while it was for bees 

 it was for my ground also. As a soiler it has no 

 equal. The roots penetrate very deeply; and as it is 

 a biennial it dies every two years and leaves the 

 roots to decay in the ground, making it very fertile. 

 Curing the same year I sowed some on hard clay 

 ground, where nothing else would grow, and, to my 

 surprise, have a good stand. 



I find that, as soon as it takes on poor clay soil, 

 it soon makes it fertile, and other grass soon crowds 

 it out, as the young plants can easily be smothered 

 out. 



As a forage-plant it is very good. My horses and 

 cows are very fond of it in the spring. I sowed a 

 small patch a few years ago for my bees, thinking 

 nothing would eat it; but my cows kept it close to the 

 ground, a"hd not a stalk was allowed to bloom. 



E. S. HUDSON. 



Bedford, Ky., June 1, 1907. 



SWEET CLOVER IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO. 



The pasture problem (for pigs) has been solved. Sweet 

 clover, the common roadside and ditchside pest, makes a 

 fine hog-pasture. When it is small and innocent, hogs like 

 it. As it gets older, like some folks, its nature gets tough 

 and bitter, and nothing likes it. Therefore, plant it for your 

 hogs; and as soon as it is six inches high, cut it down. with 

 a mower close to the ground. It will keep more hogs to the 

 acre than anything else ; grows anywhere, in rocks, swamps, 

 wet ground, dry ground, alkali ground, cinders, or anything, 

 and is the greatest ground-enrichener of all the legumes. 

 C. A. LYMAN, in The Breeders' Gazette. 



SWEET CLOVER FOR PIGS AND LAMBS. 



[The evidences of the value of sweet clover for 

 many purposes continue to accumulate. The latest 

 pronouncement in its favor is by the editor of The 

 Farm Press who has recently paid a visit to the 

 celebrated San Luis Valley in Colorado where are 

 raised the finest hogs and lambs in the United States. 

 What he saw is calculated to cause the people who 



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