I have six acres of sweet clover which was sown 

 in 1907 with oats. It stands knee high now, and the 

 growth would be about all a plow would want to turn 

 under. On a portion of the piece I cut a ton per* 

 acre off from it last fall, and put it up for hay. 



HENRY STEWART. ; 



Prophetstown, 111., July 1, 1908. 



SWEET CLOVER DOES IT WINTER KILL? 



The seed you sent me I sowed on clay land last 

 spring, 1906. It made a good stand last summer. It, 

 is almost 3 ft. high now, and looks fine, but it winter- 

 killed in spots, making it uneven. I think it would 

 be a fine clover for the South; but I fear it winter- 

 kills too badly for the North. CLARENCE NEAL. 



Lanesboro, Ind., Aug. 15, '07. 



We have never had any trouble with winter-killing 

 when the seed was sown tolerably early say before 

 July. When sown in the fall it has sometimes failed 

 to winter over. But the seed that drops off and sows 

 itself always makes a stand with us, especially along 

 the railroad tracks where the hard clay subsoil is 

 piled up in heaps. These heaps are covered with a 

 dense rank growth of sweet clover year after year, 

 where it is not molested, and where cows and other 

 stock can not get a chance to eat it off. 



SWEET CLOVER WINTER-KILLING, ETC. 



Perhaps only one-fifth of the area that I have int 

 sweet clover was killed by the frost. While there are 

 but very few fields of red clover here in Grant Co. 

 but were entirely destroyed by the severe winter of 

 1906, I think it safe to say that sweet clover can 

 stand more heaving of frost than either red, alfalfa, 

 or alsike clover. Yes, my sweet clover grew this sum-: 

 mer from 3 feet high to well, the tallest plant was 

 8 feet high, and that on pure clay ground. There 

 were large flies, wasps, hornets, and numerous other 

 insects on the fragrant bloom, and among them the 

 bees with their merry labor-song. C. A. NEAL. 



Jonesboro, Ind., Nov. 15, 1$07. 



