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CLOVER 



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"You'll find some sweet clover a little further down the road. 



That's used, too, to enrich the ground, and will even grow as high 



as four feet on poor soil. 



"I read in one of my agricul- 

 tural papers that sometimes as 

 much as $2,000,000 worth of 

 clover seed is exported from the 

 United States in one year. But 

 don't forget that the bees help 

 us do that. 



"I'm on my way now to see 

 how my neigh 

 bor's alfalfa crop 

 is coming? You 

 know that's 

 really a cousin 

 to the clover and 

 must have a sup- 

 ply of bacteria 

 in order to do 

 well. 



"We farmers 

 find clover hay 

 to be nutritious 

 for our cattle. 

 I've noticed that 



my cows don't favor the hay of sweet clover 



because it has a strong odor, but they'll eat it 



when other green forage is scarce. 

 "You'll find a fine field of white clover on Mr. 



Wood's place. He raises it for his honey bees, for 



he has had more and better honey ever since he 



started using it. Now I must drive along." 

 A light wind carried the scent of Mr. Wood's 



white clover in our direction, as we walked along. 



The sun, now high in the heavens, shone down 



warmly, a gentle breeze was blowing, and 



hundreds of bees hummed drowsily as they 



worked among the flowers. Bobby and I felt a bit drowsy, too, 



Alfalfa in leaf and blossom 



Alfalfa showing 

 root tubercles 



