many who deem it a nuisance simply because they 

 have seen it growing where it was not wanted. Any 

 plant is a nuisance when it butts in out of place. The 

 sorriest-looking field of corn we have ever seen was 

 put into that condition .by some harmless volunteer 

 buckwheat growing where the farmer wanted only 

 corn. We have been giving considerable attention to 

 sweet clover during the past year, and our efforts have 

 started an avalanche of favorable testimony. 



The letter below, from Mr. Harris, of Garfield 

 county, is written to answer those of our subscribers 

 who desire to know more of his methods and suc- 

 cesses than was contained in his letter we published a 

 few weeks ago. Mr. Harris is in the border land of 

 the sand-hills country, and his evidence bears out 

 what we have been saying in regard to the value of 

 sweet clover for sandy land. He has no seed for 

 sale, hence his enthusiasm has the true ring, and is 

 not a part of a propaganda to create demand for 

 sweet-clover seed. 



GOOD THING FOR SANDY LAND. 



I know of only two varieties successfully grow- 

 ing in the United States: the white and yellow bloom- 

 ing. Sweet clover requires less seed per acre than any 

 of the other clovers, and a fine stand can be had by 

 sowing it in the spring alone, or with any of the small 

 grains. It makes good grazing or hay the first sea- 

 son, and it will make a good growth on land that the 

 other clovers, alfalfa, and tame grasses will not grow 

 on to any advantage. It contains the remedy to re- 

 lieve bloat of alfalfa and red clover. 



In letting some young cattle to some timothy and 

 red-clover hay-stacks as well as to some good upland- 

 prairie hay-stacks with sweet-clover stacks in the 

 same enclosure this fall, they did not disturb any 

 of the stacks except the sweet clover. They ate into 

 these quite deeply. When we began to haul hay for 

 the whole herd and scatter it out upon the ground 

 and fill the feeding-racks, the cattle left all other kind 

 of hay for the sweet clover, which they eat up so close 

 you could scarcely tell any has been fed them. 



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