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Se«d will )jp ready to liarvest fr(i:ii .Inly 10 to 1") 

 or shortly tliereafteir. 



The only thing which we will ask of the seeds- 

 men whom we are putting in touch with this seed 

 will be that they use great care to insure reasonably 

 pure seed of the annual, and that they supply us 

 with the names of the men to whom they may sell 

 seed next season. 



I shall make Uniontown, Alabama,, my headquar- 

 ters, and suggest that you write me there immedi- 

 ately, if interested. 



Very truly yours, 



H. D. Hughes. 

 Farm Crops Department. 



Ames, Iowa, July 2, 1920. 



In regard to the picture we present, here 

 is sometliino' from our good neighbor, 

 whose place is I'igiit across the street fi'om 

 my Flor.'da home: 



Dear Mr. Koot : 



I have just been over to look at your clover. The 

 two tallest plants are about 6 feet high. They seem 

 to have very few leaves on, and it seems to me 

 that if it is to be used for hay that it will have to 

 be cut before the seeds mature. The leaves are 

 very small, and so the foliage was very little com- 

 pared with the size of the plant. 



The seeds are just beginning to ripen, and I am 

 enclosing a few in the small envelope enclosed in 

 this letter. I am not sure that the cultivation alioiit 

 these plants has been sutfieient to get the 1 est 

 growth, and so I am going to take a few seeds and 

 plant them in my strawberry bed, which I am 

 giving very careful culture, and try to find out 

 what they will do here in the rainy season. I ex- 

 pect that a good many of these seeds are too youn;^ 

 and may not germinate. In a week or less there 

 will be a good many, as the plant seems to produie 

 very many seeds, and I find that it is not a diilicult 

 matter at all to gather them. If you desire to save 

 all the seeds and will let me know I will see if 1 

 can arrange it for you. The lowe.st limbs of the 

 plants, being the oldest, ripen their seeds first. 



We are having fine weather and everything is 

 growing finely. I planted a sack of Irish potatoes 

 later than I would have been willing to if the 

 price had not been so high and they are turning 

 out finely. I am getting four dollars a bushel at 

 the store and I take down four bushels about every 

 tlii'ee days. 



Our .Sunday School is holding up finely. 



E. B. Boon. 



Bradentown, Fla., .hine 27, 1920. 



Below is anothei' letter, from the editor 

 of the Rural New-Voi'ker : 



Dear Mr. Root: 



My own patch is up and is growing at a great 

 rate. f have never seen anything grow with such 

 speed. I am convinced that in this clover we are 

 to have a manurial plant that will be of wonderful 

 benefit on our eastern farms. I was amused the 

 other day to have a letter from a Florida man who 

 claims to have discovered the old-fashioned Two-Year 

 sweet clover becoming an annual in Florida. That's 

 a new one to me, but things are happening at such 

 a rate that it would be a vej-y wise man who 

 would claiiris positively that anything is impossible. 

 Yours truly, • 



H. W. COLLINGWOOD, 



Editor. 

 333 W. ."iOth St., New York, July 6, 1920. 



And here is still another, from the Henry 

 Field Seed Co.: 



Friend Root: 



I have examined our plants and find down in the 

 uppor whorl of leaves the blossoms showing up, so 



we can e.\pect to have blossonxs before a ijveat while, 

 1 am sure. And probably in ani>(licr ,ii mtli we 

 will begin to gather seed. 



I am glad to have the photograph of your plant, 

 taken in Florida. Eighty-seven days is quite rapid, 

 it seems to me, but probably every one of those days 

 has been a growing one, while with us the condi- 

 tions are not always so favorable, in fact, seldom so. 

 Henry Field Seed Co., 

 By Henry Field, Pres. 



Shenandoah. Iowa, .lune 23, 1920. 



The latter will probably have seed for 

 sale before anybody else that I know of. 

 Possibly Pi'ofessor Hughes in his trij) may 

 be able to arrange plans for securing seed. 



"DO GOOD ,A.\I) LKXD, HOl'lNG FOR NOTHING AU.WS." 



Dear Mr. Root: 



It is to be hoped that the farmers of this (country 

 appreciate the manner in which this discovery has 

 been handled. It is seldom that so valuable a find 

 is given free and whole-heartedly to the world. I 

 believe that both Professor Hughes and yourself 

 are to be commended for giving up your time and 

 attention to the distribution of this new plant, 

 which, according to the accounts, will mean a valu- 

 able addition to crops. 



Fred T. Blvth. 



2182 E. 95th St., Cleveland, O. 



KIND WORI'.S FRO.M A .SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY. 



Dear Mr. Root: — I feel I should say "brother 

 in .iesus Christ," for your articles in the " Our 

 Homes " Section in Gleanings in Bee Culture reveal 

 that such indeed you are. I am sure you will be 

 interested in hearing from one who has been 24 

 years a missionary to the Indians of South Central 

 Chili, about the same distance south of the eiquator 

 as you are north. 



First of all, thanks for your testimony to our Lord 

 and His grace in " Gleanings," and may your glean- 

 ings be abundant at " Harvest Home " time. Such 

 a testimony has more influence and power than that 

 of evem a minister, it being free from an accusa- 

 tion of being " professional." May it grow exceed- 

 ingly. I especially liked that in the June number, 

 its personal and home appeal. 



After the conversion of a number of the Araucan- 

 ian chiefs, the translation of a goodly portion of the 

 Bible in their language, the education of some 

 thousands of their young men and women in schools 

 founded under my direction, for them as well as for 

 the sons and daughters of the English-speaking re.si- 

 dents here, I have retired, as the Missionary Society 

 thought my plans too large for them, and am now", 

 with my family, staying " on the job." Evangelistic, 

 pastoral, educational (literary, industrial, and ag- 

 ricultural), medical, social, and other organized 

 branches have been left to give away to personal 

 and home testimony, whilst I am supporting myseilf 

 by bees, fruit, poultry, etc., at the same time. Our 

 two boys, we trust (my wife and I), will stay here 

 and give their lives to the work to which we have 

 devoted our own. 



I have just been writing to the office and thought 

 I would enclose this to you. Also to ask you if 

 you have a little of that " new white sweet clover 

 seed," which you would like to see sown in South 

 America, and passed on to the Araucanians, to do 

 me the great favor of letting me have a little. It is 

 really needed here I can assure you. Our Indians 

 will appreciate it. They are glad to get hold of 

 anything new. Yesterday I sold 50 two-year old 

 apple trees to one young fellow educated in "the Mis- 

 sion schools (the agricultural and industrial one). 

 Some years ago I sold 100 to another old scholar. 

 Progressive Indians, are they not ? 



That makes me think of the great curse intoxi- 

 cating liquor has been to them. Thank God. our 

 boys, as a rule, give it the go-by. Public opinion 

 amongst the Spanish-speaking people in Chili (and 

 in all South America) needs much educating before 

 they will follow the wonderful world-example the 

 United States is giving. Your words as to it and as 

 to cigaret-smoking (general amongst the Spanish- 

 speaking youth, even if only mere boys) are a noble 

 witness. 



(Rev.) Charles A. Sadlier. 



Casilla 75, Temuco, Chili, 19th July, 1919; 



