field were run for seed only for ten years, there would 

 be only half a stand each year, as the old crop, if it 

 were sufficiently thick, would smother the young 

 plants and make the field very spotted. With fairly 

 rich land there should be little if any trouble in 

 getting a stand; but to grow sweet clover profitably, 

 the field must be grazed during the early part of the 

 season, until July 1st at least. After the stock is 

 taken off, the clover will grow very rapidly, so that 

 a fine crop of seed may be harvested. When the seed 

 is sufficiently ripe, the field should be mown 12 to 

 14 inches from the ground, so there will be a heavy 

 fah feed for stock after cutting. This is not true 

 of either the red or alsike clovers. Stock thrive 

 on sweet clover better than on any other legume 

 that I have tried, and I have now had six years' expe- 

 rience. 



The worst drawback is the difficulty in getting a 

 good stand, as it takes two or three years before 

 a field reaches its best, and during this time it seems 

 like pulling teeth to plow it under, because it is worth 

 too much to plow. However, in managing a field 

 as outlined above, a crop of seed averaging two bush- 

 els to the acre can be secured each year, which, with 

 the very excellent pasturage one gets, pays to an ex- 

 tent fully equal to a crop of corn, and there is much 

 less labor. 



At the Iowa Experiment Station, last year, five 

 acres were sown to sweet clover in May, and a good 

 stand was secured. The field was mown five inches 

 above the ground, and it yielded one and one-half 

 tons of hay per acre. After this, sheep were pas- 

 tured on it until winter set in. 



This clover should be sown with timothy without 

 a nurse crop. Cattle should be pastured on the 

 field all summer, but not too heavily. The white 

 sweet clover is apt to come up well, and then later 

 get yellow or sick-looking in places. Perhaps one 

 patch ten feet wide will do well, while another a 

 short distance away gets sick, making the field look 

 spotted. If one does not care to keep cattle of his 

 own, stock belonging to some one else might be taken 



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