Table 5. Forage Yields of Eleven Lots of White Clover, 



Dover, New Hampshire, 1956-1957. Seeded Alone and with Bromegrass* 



(tons per aere at 12 percent moisture) 



s \ ields based on three plots of clover alone, and three plots for each lot with 

 bromegrass. Four of the lots were not seeded in the mixture. 



t Percent clover based on dry wts. of botanical separations of the clover-bromegrass 

 mixture, made on three harvests in 1956. 



such as FC 31985, generally have produced poor yields in comparison to 

 the larger types. New Zealand white clover also appeared to be unable to 

 compete successfully with bromegrass as indicated by the low percent of 

 clover in the mixture. 



Results from Ladino test # 2 are given in Table 6. Good stands were 

 obta.ned on these plots, and were maintained during the three-year period. 

 Common Wisconsin white clover, obtained from the L. L. Olds Seed Co., 

 flowered profusely and persisted poorly under this management system. 

 Stands of this lot were essentially gone by the spring of 1958, and the 

 subsequent stand appeared to result chiefly from reseeding. It was observed 

 that bromegrass grown in association with this lot of clover was noticeably 

 more yellow than in other plots, and yields in the mixture were greatly 

 reduced. These results indicated that the nitrogen supplied by this strain 

 ol clover was inadequate for bromegrass in this test. 



Relatively small differences in yield were obtained among the Various- 

 strains and lots of the large types of white clover. Similar results have 

 generally been obtained in other tests which would indicate that at present 

 no outstanding strains are available of the large type. Pilgrim white clover, 

 however, maintained a somewhat better stand than the others, during the 

 three year period as shown in the last column of Table 6. Stands of com- 

 mon Wisconsin white, Vermont polyploid, and Minnesota synthetic were 



