January, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTDRE 



47 



No. 1 — The new annual sweet clover as grown at the Ohio Experiment Station, Wooster. 



and, as you will notice, ''made the most of 

 it." The seed was drilled (about the middle 

 of May) iu rows I think about 30 inches 

 apart; but I presume they are satisfied by 

 this time that this is altogether too close; 

 and, as almost every seed germinated, the 

 plants are too near together. I think they 

 will average not more than an inch apart. 

 This may be all right for feed, but it is cer- 

 tainly too close for blossoms or seed. 



Picture No. 1 shows the field from a dis- 

 tant hill. No. 2 shows a near-by view, with 

 your humble servant shading his face with 

 his cap. Professor Welton, who was with us 

 when the pictures were taken, in answer to 

 my inquiry in regard to the value of sweet 



clover, said something like this: "Theoret- 

 ically and from analysis it stands ahead of 

 all other clovers, and perhaps all other 

 plants; and, altho we have made some ex- 

 periments in regard to its value for feeding 

 stock, I can not just now give the result. ' ' 



NINIS FKET TALL AND BRANCH 5 ^/^ FEET. 



Planted seed from new sweet clover in my garden 

 some time in May, 1920. I planted some seed from 

 Ames, Iowa, at the same time. The Iowa seed has 

 done somewhat better, but it may be due to locations 

 tho in same row. I measured my best plant today, 

 and it is fully nine feet tall. One branch that I 

 measured was 5 V2 feet. The plants are covered with 

 buds, blossoms and seeds, and on pleasant days with 

 bees. Some seed is turning brown now, and I hope 

 a lot may mature. LEON E. GROUT. 



East Jamaica, Vt., Sept. 30, 1920. 



LIVED ONE -WINTER IN ILLINOIS. 



Tell Father Root that I had 38 stalks of annual 

 sweet clover from seed sent last year, and it didn't 

 die out the last winter, and I have gathered 12 

 pounds of seed the first seeding, and will get more 

 the next crop as I didn't cut the stalks down. It 

 bloomed again, and it was a sight to look at the 

 ripe seed. Between the seed stems new blossoms 

 came ; but I stripped it to get the seed, and now 

 the second crop is getting ripe. 



Rio, 111., Oct. 27, 1920. A. N. COOKE. 



No. 2. — -A glimpse of the same field taken nuar 

 by, showing the height of the plants on one of 

 the best places in the field. 



THE NEW ANNUAL SWEET CLOVER. 

 SCARCITY OF SEED. 



The letter below explains itself: 



Dear Sirs: I am mighty sorry, but we are going 

 to have to discontinue our adrertising of the new 

 Annual White Sweet Clover, unless we can secure 

 a further supply of the seed somewhere. 



Our own growing of seed is all sold now except 

 a very small amount, and unless we can get some 

 more dependable seed somewhere we will have to 

 go to refunding money on the orders. 



Do you have any idea where we can pick up any 

 more seed ? Henry Field Seed Co. 



By Henry Field, Pres. 



Shenandoah, Iowa, Dec. 3, 1920. 



In view of the above, if any of our read- 

 ers have any seed to spare we will give a 

 free notice of it; but, if the party is not 

 known, reference should accompany the ad. 

 As the seed of the old biennial looks exactly 

 like the new, mistakes might be made thru 

 ignorance or otherwise. We hope to be able 

 to send right along very small free packets. 



