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harvested from it, much seed becomes stored in the 

 land. A portion of what is thus lodged in the soil 

 is brought near the surface by the ordinary processes 

 of cultivation, and in due time it grows. The 

 clover, as it were, " seeds " itself, and it thus fur- 

 nishes much autumn pasture without any cost to the 

 grower. 



MAMMOTH CLOVER. 



Mammoth clover (Trifolium medium), as the 

 name would indicate, makes a strong and vigorous 

 growth on soils possessed of the requisite adapta- 

 tion. Like the common red clover, it is a biennial, 

 although to this habit of growth there are some 

 exceptions. On soils with a marked adaptation for 

 growing mammoth clover it will live longer than in 

 those opposite in character. The same result will 

 follow if the climatic conditions are just right. And 

 if hindered from producing seed, as, for instance, 

 when it is pastured, its life period will be prolonged. 

 It resembles the common red in the form of the 

 leaves, the shape and color of the blossoms, and in 

 the general habit of its growth as to form in top and 

 root. And it differs from the same — first, in the 

 greater size of the stems and heads; second, in the 

 greater hight to which it grows; third, in the later 

 season at which it matures; fourth, in the greater 

 size of the roots and in the greater depth to which 

 they penetrate ; and, fifth, in its inability to produce 

 two crops of hay in one season, or to provide an 

 abundance of pasture after the usual season for seed 

 production. It is evident, therefore, that mam- 

 moth clover is not so well adapted to provide pasture 

 as the medium red; but there is a place for it, and 



