^.88 PERRESTNIAL BED CLOVER. 



Whereas the analysis shows that in nutritive qual- 

 ities the latter is much superior to it. Its chief merits, 

 therefore, must consist in its permanent properties 

 continuing longer in the land than the common red. 

 It produces abundance of seeds, which may be easily 

 collected, and is more frequently employed for laying 



.down lands to grass. 



^Jn this country the mammoth red is receiving 

 marked attention at the present time. It is very 

 highly spoken of by the farmers of Virginia and the 

 Western States. W. B. S. L., Virginia, in Country 

 Gentleman, says of it: "It is known with us as the 

 mammoth or saplin clover. Its striking peculiarities 

 are the immense growth it attains in rich, loamy 

 soils, yielding probably as much more bulk to the 

 acre as the common varieties of red clover, which it 

 resembles in other respects. It grows as large on 

 thin land as the other on good, rich soils, and takes 

 well on all soils that I have tried it upon. It ripens 

 with Timothy and should be sown with it. As a 

 fertilizer I think it surpasses all other grasses, owing 

 to its immense foliage." 



W. W. E., Marietta, Ohio, says of it: "It is cer- 

 tainly a very desirable variety for the purpose of 

 renovating lands, also to sow with Timothy, as it 

 matures about the same period. It is raised in great 

 quantities in the neighborhood of Albion, Mich. It 



i is also w^ell known in Northern Illinois, where it ha 



\succeeded well." 



"In the Northern States this variety is no better than 

 the common red, unless it receives the same care and 

 attention which is usually bestowed on the latter. I 

 have seen the common red growing on fertile soils in 

 the neighborhood of Northport fully equal in point 



