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long, nor docs it appear to yield so heavy a second growth. 

 The variety, however, is of such value that it should always 

 be included in mixtures of seeds for the stronger and moister 

 soils, where hay including clover is desired. ^ 



}yhitG Clover. 

 This plant is too well known to need description. Unlike 

 the other clovers, it is perennial. Its al)ility t<» jM'rsist is due 

 to the fact that its stems creep upon the groutid, j'ool ing at the 

 joints wherever they ctme in contact with the soil. This 

 clover is, therefore, constantly rei:y^^d, as a result of this 

 habit of growth. This same habui'enders this clover lea^ 

 valuable in mowings than the othei'S which have been spoken , 

 of. In all permanent mowing^, however, white clover will 

 contribute greatly to the yield and to the nutritive value of 

 the product. In such mowings it appears invariably to come 

 in naturally if the soils are adapted to it, and if the neces- 

 sary mineral elements of i^lant food are abundantly supplied. 

 White clover is of great value in pastures. A turf in which 

 white clover is abundant is most highly relished by all classes 

 of stock, and the feed is highly nutritious. The white clover^ 

 moreover, is much the most valuable of all the clovers for 

 bees. It secretes nectar abundantly, and the honey made from 

 it stands highest in our markets, being, indeed, almost every- 

 where looked upon as the standard of excellence among the 

 different grades of honey. 



Varieties of the Different Species. 

 Critical examination of either grasses or clovers in the 

 held will reveal the fact that the different plants exhibit con- 

 siderable variation. In the United States, while we have 

 countless varieties of vegetables, grains and fruits, we have 

 thus far made little effort to produce select and more perfect 

 varieties of our different species of forage crops. We have 

 been satisfied to go on year after year sowing a mixed or 

 average seed. The tendency to vary among the different 

 species of clovers is apparently not less than it is in many 

 other species of cultivated plants. It cannot be doubted that 

 by intelligent effort greatly improved typ '^'""or types suited 



