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100 pounds, and rarely reaches 300 pounds. Yields have 

 been reported by experiment stations, as follows : North 

 Dakota, 46 to 146 pounds ; Oregon, 175 to 250 pounds. 



For the Willamette Valley, Oregon, Hunter reports the 

 usual yield 4 to 6 bushels, and occasionally 7 to 9 bushels 

 to an acre. 



The average yield of seed in Wisconsin in 1905 was 

 1.84 bushels to an acre, but this was somewhat lower than 

 usual. In northern Wisconsin, a maximum yield of 4J 

 bushels to an acre is reported. 



Werner gives the yields in Germany at 150 to 225 pounds 

 to an acre. 



462. Statistics of seed crop. The total yield of clover 

 seed in the United States in 1899 was 1,349,209 bushels 

 valued at $5,359,578. In 1909 the corresponding figures 

 were 1,025,816 bushels valued at $6,925,122. The 

 principal seed-producing states in the order of the total 

 yield produced were, in the latter year, Wisconsin, Ohio, 

 Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, 

 Oregon. 



Clover seed has been an article of export from the United 

 States since 1792. 



463. Value of the straw. The straw of red clover 

 from which the seed has been thrashed possesses but little 

 feeding value, and is both coarse and unpalatable. 

 Usually much of its little feeding value is diminished by 

 being rained upon. Animals will, however, eat some of 

 the straw, and this, combined with its value for bedding, 

 makes it worth saving. 



Perhaps the best use to make of the straw is for bed- 

 ding, but it is often scattered directly on the field. 



464. Seed. Seed of red clover (Fig. 43) is readily dis- 

 tinguished from similar leguminous seeds by its color ; 



