ALYSKE CLOVER. 95 



riety are, that it does not heavej^j^f jthe^gr^onandMii 

 spring wifo jEEe^^^ it can be 



sown on damp ground with good results. It makes 

 finer and better hay, for the stalks are not so thick 

 and woody a^ those of red clover. It yields about 

 one-third more seed to the acre, and, when threshed, 

 the hay makes excellent feed for calves and sheep. 

 Among its disadvantages may be reckoned its, rank^ 

 growth, rendering it liable to be lodged. 



Mr. Chauncy Miller, of the Shaker Family, near 

 Albany, says of it : We lind the Alsyke Clover a 

 very superior grass in the following points . 1st. For 

 its value as a hay crop on a great variety of soils. 

 2nd. For its fineness of stalk or haulm. 3d. For its 

 multitude of sweet flowers, blooming, perhaps, three 

 or four times as much, as red clover, making, 

 when in bloom, literally a sea of flowers. 4th. Its 

 adaptability to^eavj^joila^ clay s, or heavy clay 

 loams (as well as sandy soils), not_being,^ojjable to 

 heave out by frosts in winter and spring as red clo- 

 verpbemg We product of a cross between the red and 

 white clovers originated in Germany, 5th. To all 

 farmers who keep bees largely the crop would be_ of 

 great value in its season of flowering, which lasts 

 about six weeks ; the bees are continually on it, 

 " from dewy morn until dusky eve." 6th. To those 

 farmers raising clovef seed for market, the Alsyke 

 Clover, in our opinion, would be of great value, as it 

 seeds enormously, and the seed threshes easily, by 

 flail or machine, leaving a beautiful quality of hay, 

 the stalks retaining their greenness when the seed is 

 ripe. 7th. It holds many weeks in bloom, thus giving 

 the farmer lee way of time and weather to secure the 

 hay crop. 



