fifty acres altogether, and fattened up well, and 

 sold in Chicago for $5.65 a hundred, August 1. I 

 have been shipping the steers from this field each 

 year. $5.75 is the best price I have obtained from 

 steers off this field and that was in 1907, when all 

 were confined to the sweet clover, which seems to 

 produce the best gain and makes the steers very 

 smooth and slick. 



Just see how tall it has grown in two weeks, after 

 the steers were taken off August 15. Part of the field 

 was cut for seed about September 1, 1907, and gave 

 three bushels to the acre of nice clean seed. The hay 

 that I have cut is of the very best and both cattle 

 and hogs are very fond of it. I intend to pay more 

 attention to securing the hay crop from this valuable 

 legume. 



I sowed twenty acres for hogs last spring and got a 

 poor stand. I -have found that this kind of pasture 

 can't be kept for hogs unless all are well ringed, as 

 when fall comes they dig up every root and all is 

 eaten. There is something about the large roots that 

 hogs are extremely fond of. I will ring all the 

 hogs and reseed again in the spring, and it will be 

 a sure thing, for they won't get the roots then. 



Timothy and sweet clover thrive splendidly to- 

 getner. I consider one acre of this clover, all things 

 considered, worth one acre of corn where one gets 

 a good stand. But here is where nearly all have 

 failed. Many have sown it here and none have a 

 perfect stand. It always does well where it seeds it- 

 self on the land and it spreads rapidly over the field 

 when not pastured too hard. 



A good catch can be had on ground that will grow 

 fifty or sixty bushels of corn to the acre, and it will 

 be worth just as much, to the man who succeeds and 

 uses it right. 



It is not a question of whether the sweet clover 

 makes good feed, but whether one can get a good 

 stand that will be strong enough to endure the first 

 winter. Ever after that it will be strong enough 

 to stand any kind of a winter. This clover acts 

 very much as does alfalfa, and from the experience 



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