the height of the single stalk in Fig: 2, which was 

 taken the same day. But the comparison is not 

 entirely fair, for No. 2 grew on rich low ground that 

 had the wash from the elevated ground surrounding, 

 and this stalk growing alone was especially selected 

 on account of its unusual height. I was afraid the 

 slender top might not show in the picture, so I held 

 a dried weed beside it at the same height. From 

 the ground to the top was just nine feet. I may 

 have seen taller sweet clover, but I'm sure that's 

 the tallest I ever measured. 



That the cow does not eat it down lower than 

 shown is a good thing, for each plant is bushy, throw- 

 ing out fresh growth on all sides as fast as eaten 

 off, thus furnishing a constant supply of tender 

 growtn until freezing weather. It also makes it of 

 greater value for the bees, for the fresh growth is 

 always blossom growth, and if you had been present 

 at the time the picture was taken it would have 

 reminded you of bees working on buckwheat. 



Some one will say: "But I thought you told us the 

 honey crop of 1906 was an entire failure with you; 

 and if the bees were so busy on sweet clover why the 

 failure?" My dear sir, a pasture-field for a single 

 cow is not a very large field of operation for a yard 

 full of bees. To be sure, that was not the only 

 sweet clover within reach, but the road commis- 

 sioners took care that not much of it should be 

 allowed to blossom on the highways. Yet some 

 credit should be given to sweet clover and cucum- 

 bers, for, besides having the hives heavy with honey 

 for winter, I had some combs filled that I have stored 

 away for next spring. Just wait till I go down 

 cellar, and I'll tell you how many there are. . . . 

 There are 248, most of them full, and from that 

 down to half full. 



I count those combs much the same as so much 

 white-clover honey in sections. I'll tell you how. 

 The hives are, I think, heavy enough so that the bees 

 would go through till clover harvest without any 

 feeding. But at the opening of the harvest there 

 would be a good deal of empty space in the brood- 



49 



