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THE HUBAM SWEET CLOVER 



Wonderful Possibilities of this New 

 Annual Sweet Clo-ver Shown at 

 Field Meet in Newbern, Alabama 



By E. R. Root 



I ONCE made a 

 catch of fish 

 so big that 

 when I innocent- 

 ly told my 

 friends about it 

 they showed 

 very plainly 

 they believed 1 

 had fallen into 

 the error of all other amateur fishermen- — 

 that of telling a whopper. I then learned 

 that "Truth is often stranger than fiction." 

 Fully realizing that I have another story, 

 just as true, I am wondering whether my 

 friends will not think that I am telling an- 

 other "whopper." Be that as it may, I only 

 ask the skeptical to investigate. 



Before I come to my story })roper I should 

 explain that it was my privilege to attend 

 the big field meet held in tlie interests of 

 this new annual sweet clover at Newbern, 

 Ala., on July 21st last. Invitations were 

 sent out all over the country. Notwithstand- 

 ing it began to rain in the morning, some- 

 thing like a tliousand peoj)le from all over 

 the country attended that meet to hear 

 Prof- Hughes and other speakers tell about 

 sweet clover in general and Hubam in par- 

 ticulnr. No <ino wlio was ]ii-esent, after 



hearing the talks 

 and witnessing 

 the demonstra- 

 tions, could fail 

 to come to the 

 conclusion that 

 this new plant 

 gives promise of 

 r c V olutionizing 

 a g r i c ulture in 

 l)ortion3 of the North and South where land 

 has been worn out by continuous croi^ping, 

 In the South cotton, and in the North and 

 West corn, have been grown so many years 

 in succession that there is a crying need of 

 a quick-growing legume that can be plowed 

 under tliree months after it is planted. The 

 new annual so far surpasses anything else 

 that it will be a great boon for restoring 

 the soil with nitrogen and humus. 



Newbern is about 35 miles west of Selma, 

 almost in the center of the Black Belt 

 where so much sweet clover (biennial and 

 annual) is grown, and where so much sweet 

 clover honey is gathered. East, west, and 

 north in this Black Belt there are thousands 

 and thousands of acres that will grow not 

 only all varieties of sweet clover, but white 

 clover, alsike, and alfalfa. As soon as men 

 of capital and men of vision in the North 



At the exUeme left, the discoverer of th 



Hubam, Professor Hughes, a(ldiet..sinfi: un audiencu of l,ftOO people ] 



who tame to hear and see him and learn something about Hubam clover. 



