SWEET CLOVER; CAN IT BE SOWN AMONG CORN WHEN 

 CULTIVATING THE LAST TIME? 



Mr. Root: Replying to your query, June 15, I 

 would say I sowed sweet clover and crimson clover in 

 corn about July 28 last year. It was not a fair test, 

 as a terrific storm washed much soil and seed away 

 shortly after sowing. The rest sprouted; but drouth 

 prevented summer and fall growth. The first heavy 

 frost cut down sweet clover; but crimson clover was 

 not hurt, and grew somewhat, and stayed green prac- 

 tically all winter, but plants were very small. Its 

 several roots prevented heaving killing, and it did 

 well this spring. Large quantity of sweet clover 

 heaved and died, except where roots were over 8 

 inches. When the tip remained in the ground it 

 soon caught up with crimson clover in spring. It 

 seemed that seed where pressed into soil sprouted 

 best. GENESIS FARM. 



Greencastle, Ind., June 25. 



SWEET CLOVER; WHY IT WON'T GROW ON CULTIVATED 



GROUND. 



I notice, page 1048, the failure which Dr. Miller 

 and A. I. Root had in getting a good stand of sweet 

 clover on cultivated ground. I think I can tell you 

 where they failed. 



Sweet clover does not grow on cultivated ground, 

 for two reasons. First, because in such ground the 

 soil is so loose that it freezes out and drowns out. 

 I saw this proven by some cultivated land which 

 had lain idle for three years. The first and second 

 year the sweet clover took hold, but always died out. 

 The third year it wintered fairly well, and will 

 probably do better in 1907. 



The second reason is that the original stalk lives 

 two years; hence if it is not allowed to go to seed 

 it will be gone at the end of two years. 



RAY McQuiSTON. 



Independence, Kan., April 1, 1907. 



IMPROVING OUR BEE PASTURES. 



On a visit to Mr. Salisbury, who resides right in 

 the city of Syracuse, N. y., he showed me two hives 



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