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 C. M. Alger, Newaygo, Michigan: 



I have raised the mammoth clover, but do not like it for my heavy land, as it grows 

 too large. For every acre that I raise I have to buy or borrow two more of my nnglibor'ii 

 to cure it ou. It is, however, excellent for pasture, as it stays on the ground lungrr 

 than the medium variety. It is good for raising seed, as it nearly always fills full. I 

 have seen 8 bushels per acre. The seed is always grown on the first crop, as the, 

 second never blossoms. It grows here from 4 to 5 feet high and is good for plow- 

 ing under for manure. 



Austin Potts, Galesburgh, Michigan : 



Perhaps not over 20 per cent, of the clover grown here is of the mammoth variety. 

 It does not seed as well as the common clover. 



L. H. Bursley, Jenisonville, Michigan: 



I do not find it as good for hay as the common red clover ; the stalks are so large 

 that stock will not eat them at all. For pasture it is better than the small variety. 

 It does not require pasturing in spring in order to produce a crop of seed. 



Jaines Heudricks, Albany, N. Y. : 



About twenty years ago there was treble the quantity sown in this part of Albany 

 County that there is at present; now nearly all our farmers sow the medium clover 

 with Timothy. 



Prof. F. A. Gully, Agricultural College, Mississippi : 



On good land with us it grows rank, and the long steins fall down and mat on the 

 ground, and if we happen to have wet weather the lower leaves and parts of the 

 stalk will begin to decay before the plant is in full bloom. 



The second crop ripens seed, but to what extent I can not say ; I consider the 

 common red clover more desirable here, although it may not yield as well. 



Trifolium hybridum (Alsike Clover). 



This differs from common red clover in being later, taller, .more ten- 

 der and succulent. The flower-heads are upon long peduncles, and are 

 intermediate in size and color between those of white and red clover. 

 The botanical name was so given from its being supposed by Linnaeus 

 to be a hybrid between those clovers, but it is now known to be a dis- 

 tinct species. It is found native over a large part of Europe, and was 

 first cultivated in Sweden, deriving its common name from the village 

 of Syke in that country. In 1834 it was taken to England, and in 1854 

 to Germany, where it is largely grown, not only for its excellent forage 

 but also for its seed, which commands a high price. In France it is 

 little grown as yet, and is frequently confounded with the less produc- 

 tive Trifolium elegans. 



The following is condensed from "Les Prairies Artificielles," by I 



Yianno, of Paris : 



Alsike does not attain its full development under two or three j 

 and should therefore be mixed with some other plant for perinai 

 meadows. It is best adapted to cool, damp, calcareous soil, and 

 good results upon reclaimed marshes. It is adapted neither 

 soils, nor to those where there is stagnant water. Ben 

 growth, rye grass, rye, or oats are often sown with it when 

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