(45) 



. The great difference in the amount of crude fibre is noticeable,, 

 and shows decidedly in favor of Alsike clover. 



SAPLING BED CLOVER ( Trifolium erectum.) 



This is precisely the same plant as the common red clover, and is 

 used in the same manner and for the same purposes. The only dif- 

 ference in it is, that the stems being stouter, it is not liable to lodge, 

 but stand erect, and so be in a better condition to mow, and admits 

 the sun to its roots better. As to which may be preferable is a 

 mere matter of taste or prejudice. Either is good, the sapling 

 clover being about two weeks later. 



CRIMSON CLOVER (Trifolium incarnatum.} 



This is an annual, presenting a beautiful crimson flower when in 

 bloom. It is principally valuable as a green food, though the hay 

 is thonght to be equal or superior to that made of red clover, but 

 being an annual it interferes more with the operations of the farm, 

 it being necessary to sow it as a separate crop. 



An analysis of the hay cut in bloom, as made by Wolff and 

 Knop, shows : 



Flesh formers , 12.2 



Heating properties 30.1 



Crude fibre 338 



Fat 3.0 



Ash 7.2 



It is said to be earlier th'an lucerne or the common red clover. 

 It may be sown upon wheat or grain stubble in the fall, the land 

 being simply harrowed and the seed sown. 



Few things, it is said, in the vegetable world, present a more 

 beautiful sight than a field of crimson clover in full bloom. It is 

 not grown to any extent in this State, a few bunches appearing 

 sometimes in fields with other clover. Its chief value is in its quick 

 return. Sown in autumn it may be mown early the succeeding 

 spring/ and so meet any scarcity of provender. 



ALFALFA : LUCERNE (Medicago Sativa.) 



This is, beyond doubt, the oldest cultivated grass known, having 

 been introduced into Greece from Media 500 B. C., and the 

 Romans, finding its qualities good, cultivated it extensively, and by 

 them it was carried into France when Ca.sar reduced Gaul. It is 



