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One of the worst enemies of alfalfa is love vine or dodder. 

 This is a vine like the one that twines around blackberries 

 and weeds in swampy places. Dodder seeds are bought 

 with the poorer grades of alfalfa seed. It ruins alfalfa 



FIG. 117. RED CLOVER 



On the left a complete fertilizer was used, but the plants were not inoculated; 

 on the right clover germs supplied all the nitrogen ; in the center the plants 

 received no nitrogen and were not inoculated. (Grown at 111. Expt. Station.) 



by wrapping its small yellow threads around the host plant 

 and sucking its sap. The spots where it appears should 

 be covered with trash and burned. 



Red clover (Fig. 117). Except in the extreme Southern 

 and Western states this is the most widely grown legume. 

 It lives for two years, the seed usually being sown in the 

 spring, on growing wheat or grass, or alone. The seed 

 may be sown in the fall. Red clover affords two or more 

 cuttings the second year, sometimes even the first year on 



